The GPC prescribing policy group has updated the Prescribing guidance, to include a link to the template letters relating to the new requirements on hospitals to reduce inappropriate bureaucratic workload shift, in the Q&A section Can my GP refuse to give me a prescription that my consultant asked them to provide? (page 9).

They have also made some amendments to the prescribing numbers, independent prescriber and private prescriptions sections.

The prescribing guidance is available on the newly updated prescribing pages on the BMA website.