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ESNEFT Patient Group Directions (PGD)
Patient Group Directions (PGDs) Online Learning
Intended for qualified health professionals defined in legislation who may supply or administer medicines under a PGD
The learning outcomes are:
- Identify the legal requirements for developing and using PGDs
- State when you may and may not use PGDs
- Explain your responsibilities when using PGDs
- Describe how you can develop new PGDs
The learning covers:
- PGDs
- PSDs
- Protocols
- Written instructions
- What a PGD document needs to contain
- How to develop a PGD and who needs to be involved
- Qualified professionals in legislation who can use PGDs
- Accountability, record keeping, training and audit of PGDs
- Medicines that can and cannot be supplied or administered under a PGD
- Requirements for POM, P and GSL medicines, black triangle drugs, medicines used outside of the product licence, antibiotics, controlled drugs
- Further information to learn about PGDs
There is a short self-assessment at the end of the e-Learning package
Any questions related to the content should be addressed to Chris Galloway, Assistant Chief Pharmacist (chris.galloway@esneft.nhs.uk) or Anne Melrose, Senior Clinical Pharmacist and PGD lead (anne.regan@esneft.nhs.uk)
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| Contributed by: | ESNEFT |
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| Licence: | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International More information on licences |
| Last updated: | 04 December 2024 |
| First contributed: | 05 April 2024 |
| Audience access level: | General user |
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