Changes to how the NHS prescribes over the counter medicines for minor health conditions
The national guidance from NHS England was developed to raise public awareness of the need to reduce the financial and workload burden of General Practices prescribing over the counter (OTC) items.
The toolkit displayed and linked below is designed to support GP practices to implement the national guidance for conditions that can be treated over the counter. It contains a variety of information and resources to increase the uptake of self care treatments, enabling improved use of NHS resources.
Following requests from primary care for further support, NHS Lincolnshire ICB have produced a position statement and guidance for prescribers on Conditions for which over the counter items should not routinely be prescribed in primary care. Links to these can be found on the last page of the toolkit under ‘useful links & resources’ and here:
To keep up to date Over the Counter medication development check out the Over The Counter (OTC) Medications newsletter:
