Independent healthcare regulation – medicines governance audit tool
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Document Type
Process guidance
Summary
Medicines governance audit tool to support the registration of independent clinics in Scotland.
It is the responsibility of each service to ensure that they have:
- identified a named individual who is responsible and accountable for the safe, effective and secure use of medicines
- systems in place to support the safe, effective and secure use of medicines in the service
With regard to nurses and people operating registered independent clinics obtaining wholesale supplies of medicines,the legal position is:
- a nurse or a nurse independent prescriber cannot order and stock prescription only medicines or pharmacy medicines in their own right
- any ‘persons carrying on the business of an independent clinic’ are able to order and stock prescription only and pharmacy medicines in connection with the running of the clinic.
If you require more information, please contact us at his.ihcregulation@nhs.scot
We are in the process of updating our suite of guidance documents for independent healthcare providers. Below are the links to the most up-to-date documents.