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Advice for nursing and midwifery professionals on giving COVID-19 vaccines legally

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The different legal mechanisms to give the vaccine are described dependent on Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration

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Contents
  1. Nurse registered with NMC
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  2. Nurse registered with NMC (annotated as Independent Prescriber)
    1. This group can:
  3. Midwife registered with NMC
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  4. Midwife registered with NMC (annotated as Nurse Independent Prescriber)
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  5. Nursing Associate registered with NMC
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  6. Nursing or midwifery professional not registered with the NMC (e.g. Healthcare Assistant)
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  7. Nursing or midwifery professional no longer registered with the NMC
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  8. Student nursing or midwifery professional
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  9. Update history

Nurse registered with NMC

This group can:

  • work under the National Protocol (all stages)
  • act as clinical supervisor for the National Protocol under Regulation 3A
  • work under the Patient Group Direction (PGD)
  • work under a PSD written by an appropriate practitioner

This group cannot:

  • write a Patient Specific Direction (PSD)

Nurse registered with NMC (annotated as Independent Prescriber)

This group can:

  • work under the National Protocol (all stages)
  • act as clinical supervisor for the National Protocol under Regulation 3A
  • write a Patient Specific Direction (PSD)
  • work under a PSD written by an appropriate practitioner
  • work under the Patient Group Direction (PGD)

Midwife registered with NMC

This group can:

  • work under the National Protocol (all stages)
  • work under the Patient Group Direction (PGD)
  • work under a PSD written by an appropriate practitioner

This group cannot:

  • act as clinical supervisor for the National Protocol under Regulation 3A
  • write a Patient Specific Direction (PSD)

Midwife registered with NMC (annotated as Nurse Independent Prescriber)

This group can:

  • work under the National Protocol (all stages)
  • work under the Patient Group Direction (PGD)
  • work under a PSD written by an appropriate practitioner
  • write a Patient Specific Direction (PSD)

This group cannot:

  • act as clinical supervisor for the National Protocol under Regulation 3A

Nursing Associate registered with NMC

This group can:

  • work under the National Protocol (all stages)
  • work under a PSD written by an appropriate practitioner

This group cannot:

  • work under the Patient Group Direction (PGD)
  • act as clinical supervisor for the National Protocol under regulation 3A
  • write a Patient Specific Direction (PSD)

Nursing or midwifery professional not registered with the NMC (e.g. Healthcare Assistant)

This group can:

  • work under the National Protocol (stages 2-4)
  • work under a PSD written by an appropriate practitioner

This group cannot:

  • act as clinical supervisor for the National Protocol under Regulation 3A
  • write a Patient Specific Direction (PSD)
  • work under the Patient Group Direction (PGD)

Nursing or midwifery professional no longer registered with the NMC

This group can:

  • work under the National Protocol (stages 2-4)
  • work under a PSD written by an appropriate practitioner

This group cannot:

  • act as clinical supervisor for the National Protocol under Regulation 3A
  • write a Patient Specific Direction (PSD)
  • work under the Patient Group Direction (PGD)

Student nursing or midwifery professional

This group can:

  • work under the National Protocol (stages 2-4)
  • work under a PSD written by an appropriate practitioner

This group cannot:

  • act as clinical supervisor for the National Protocol under Regulation 3A
  • write a Patient Specific Direction (PSD)
  • work under the Patient Group Direction (PGD)

Update history

  1. The current content is still accurate.
  1. The current content is still accurate.
  1. The current content is still accurate.
  1. The current content is still accurate.
  1. Midwife registered with NMC annotated as Nurse Independent Prescriber added.
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