General Medical Council, Hot Topic: Prescribing unlicensed medicines -

General Medical Council, Hot Topic: Prescribing unlicensed medicines
Information type: Drug/medicines management
Source: General Medical Council
Specialities: Policy, Commissioning and Managerial
Summary
This summary is intended to clarify and reassure doctors with the issues relating to unlicensed and off-label prescribing. This has been produced to ensure that the GMC guidance on unlicensed prescribing is not interpreted as a barrier to appropriate use of unlicensed medicines.
UKMi comment
The GMC have been working with the Department of Health, MHRA, NICE and others to understand the challenges faced by doctors in this area following concerns that GMC guidance on prescribing may be seen by some doctors as a barrier to the appropriate use of unlicensed medicines.
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