Plain-English explanations of the technical terms and legislation used in this document.
- Annotation
- A note on a podiatrist's registration confirming they have done the extra training that lets them use certain medicines.
- Batch number
- A code identifying which production run a medicine came from, needed if the product is ever recalled.
- Cold chain
- Keeping a medicine within its required temperature range from delivery through to use.
- Controlled drug
- A medicine subject to extra legal controls because of its potential for misuse.
- GSL medicine
- A medicine that can be sold in a shop without a pharmacist.
- Independent prescriber
- A practitioner who has qualified to prescribe medicines themselves.
- P medicine
- A medicine that can only be sold in a pharmacy, under a pharmacist's supervision.
- Patient Group Direction
- A written instruction letting named staff give a medicine to patients meeting set criteria, without a prescription.
- POM
- A prescription-only medicine.
- POM-A
- The legal exemption letting a suitably qualified podiatrist administer certain prescription-only medicines.
- POM-S
- The legal exemption letting a suitably qualified podiatrist sell or supply certain prescription-only medicines.
- Quarantine
- Setting stock aside, clearly marked, so that it cannot be used while a problem is investigated.
- Summary of product characteristics
- The manufacturer's official document setting out how a medicine must be used and stored.
- Yellow Card scheme
- The official way of reporting a suspected side effect of a medicine to the UK medicines regulator.