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Advice for pharmacy professionals on giving COVID-19 vaccines legally

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The different legal mechanisms to give the vaccine are described dependent on General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) registration

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Contents
  1. Pharmacist registered with GPhC
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  2. Pharmacist registered with GPhC annotated as Independent Prescriber
    1. This group can:
  3. Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  4. Pre-registration Pharmacist
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  5. Pharmacy professional no longer registered with the GPhC
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  6. Student pharmacy professional
    1. This group can:
    2. This group cannot:
  7. Update history

Pharmacist registered with GPhC

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)

Pharmacist registered with GPhC 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)

Pharmacy Technician registered with GPhC

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)

Pre-registration Pharmacist

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)

Pharmacy professional no longer registered with the GPhC

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 pharmacy 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. Provisional registered pharmacist removed as no longer a category.
  1. The current content is still accurate.
  1. The current content is still accurate.
  1. Published