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ACMD advice on independent prescribing by paramedics

Letter from Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to ministers, providing advice on independent prescribing of controlled drugs by paramedics.

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Advice on independent prescribing by paramedics

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Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and Professor Roger Knaggs, the Chair of the ACMD’s Technical Committee, write to ministers to provide the ACMD’s advice on the prescribing and administration of a limited number of controlled drugs (CDs) by paramedics.

The government’s response to this letter is now available.

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Published 18 October 2019
Last updated 3 October 2022 + show all updates
  1. Link added to government response to the ACMD's letter.

  2. First published.

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