A 12-week Home Office consultation, Independent prescribing of controlled drugs by nurse and pharmacist independent prescribers, will look at whether the Misuse of Drugs Regulations should be updated to enable the prescribing of controlled drugs such as morphine for pain relief, by specially trained nurses and pharmacists.
The Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) will simultaneously launch a consultation, Public Consultation (MLX 336) : Patient Group Directions, on proposals for changes to the legislation governing the supply and/or administration of pain relief through morphine and diamorphine by nurses and pharmacists working under Patient Group Directions.