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Letters - GP prescriptions are not affected
04-Aug-08
Unfortunately, some district nurses have read your article about mixing unlicensed medicines in syringe drivers, and concluded that all prescriptions mixed by them are now dangerous to administer.
It only applies to scrips written by non-medical prescribers and does not affect prescriptions written by GPs.
Karen Whatford, clinical nurse specialist in palliative care, Liverpool.
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