Buttercups Module 2 Questions and Correct
Answers
Question 1
What forms do England use for general prescriptions?
Correct Answer
FP10 - Green
Question 2
What international prescriptions are legally valid in the UK?
Correct Answer
Prescriptions from doctors, dentists, prescribing pharmacists and prescribing nurses
practising in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland are legally valid in
the UK provided the prescription is neither for a controlled drug in Schedule 1, 2 or
3 nor for a medicine which does not have a UK Marketing Authorisation.
Question 3
What is an outpatient prescription used for?
Correct Answer
Used to prescribe medicines for patients who are not admitted in the hospital, for
example for patients who have attended an outpatient clinic appointment.
Question 4
How do electronic prescriptions work in Scotland?
Correct Answer
In Scotland, most prescriptions issued by GPs are now generated electronically.
Barcoded prescriptions are given to the patient to take to the pharmacy of their
choice. The pharmacy scans the bar code to retrieve the electronic message
containing the prescription details.
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, Question 5
What forms are used in hospital prescriptions?
Correct Answer
The forms used include inpatient drug charts, inpatient order cards, clinical trial
prescriptions, outpatient prescriptions and those for take-home medication (often
called discharge notes or TTOs).
Question 6
Give some information on how dentist prescribe
Correct Answer
UK Registered Dentists, like doctors, can legally prescribe any POM except Schedule
1 controlled drugs. However, it is a professional requirement that they only
prescribe medicines with a use in dentistry. When they are working in dental
surgeries in the local community, prescribing on an NHS prescription form, they
may only prescribe preparations listed in the Dental Practitioners Formulary which
can be found in the British National Formulary (BNF) and in the Drug Tariff. (Dentists
working in NHS hospitals are not restricted to the Dental Practitioner's Formulary).
Question 7
What is general sales list medicine (GSL)?
Correct Answer
GSL medicines have the least restrictions on their sale. They can be sold from any
store, or a vending machine, provided the store, or machine, can be closed to
exclude the public and the product has been made up for sale elsewhere and the
container has not been opened. GSL medicines can be sold from any shop or from
an outpatient pharmacy in the hospital, provided that it can be closed to exclude
the public, the product has been made up for sale elsewhere and the container has
not been opened.
Question 8
How long are prescriptions for controlled drugs valid for?
Correct Answer
Valid for 4 weeks
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Answers
Question 1
What forms do England use for general prescriptions?
Correct Answer
FP10 - Green
Question 2
What international prescriptions are legally valid in the UK?
Correct Answer
Prescriptions from doctors, dentists, prescribing pharmacists and prescribing nurses
practising in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland are legally valid in
the UK provided the prescription is neither for a controlled drug in Schedule 1, 2 or
3 nor for a medicine which does not have a UK Marketing Authorisation.
Question 3
What is an outpatient prescription used for?
Correct Answer
Used to prescribe medicines for patients who are not admitted in the hospital, for
example for patients who have attended an outpatient clinic appointment.
Question 4
How do electronic prescriptions work in Scotland?
Correct Answer
In Scotland, most prescriptions issued by GPs are now generated electronically.
Barcoded prescriptions are given to the patient to take to the pharmacy of their
choice. The pharmacy scans the bar code to retrieve the electronic message
containing the prescription details.
Page 1 of 11
, Question 5
What forms are used in hospital prescriptions?
Correct Answer
The forms used include inpatient drug charts, inpatient order cards, clinical trial
prescriptions, outpatient prescriptions and those for take-home medication (often
called discharge notes or TTOs).
Question 6
Give some information on how dentist prescribe
Correct Answer
UK Registered Dentists, like doctors, can legally prescribe any POM except Schedule
1 controlled drugs. However, it is a professional requirement that they only
prescribe medicines with a use in dentistry. When they are working in dental
surgeries in the local community, prescribing on an NHS prescription form, they
may only prescribe preparations listed in the Dental Practitioners Formulary which
can be found in the British National Formulary (BNF) and in the Drug Tariff. (Dentists
working in NHS hospitals are not restricted to the Dental Practitioner's Formulary).
Question 7
What is general sales list medicine (GSL)?
Correct Answer
GSL medicines have the least restrictions on their sale. They can be sold from any
store, or a vending machine, provided the store, or machine, can be closed to
exclude the public and the product has been made up for sale elsewhere and the
container has not been opened. GSL medicines can be sold from any shop or from
an outpatient pharmacy in the hospital, provided that it can be closed to exclude
the public, the product has been made up for sale elsewhere and the container has
not been opened.
Question 8
How long are prescriptions for controlled drugs valid for?
Correct Answer
Valid for 4 weeks
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