PC100 - PRESCRIBING AND DISPENSING

1. A PRESCRIPTION is a record of a request from a CARE PROFESSIONAL to dispense to a PATIENT.

2. Each PRESCRIPTION is made up of a number of PRESCRIBED ITEMS which may be a GENERIC PRESCRIBABLE ITEM or a PROPRIETARY PRODUCT.

3. The DISPENSED ITEM in response to a PRESCRIPTION is dispensed by a CARE PROFESSIONALS, to a PATIENT.

4. A DISPENSED ITEM is either a PROPRIETARY PRODUCT IN PACK or a NHS NOTIONAL PACK SIZE.