Special Authority scripts a constant headache for pharmacists

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Special Authority scripts a constant headache for pharmacists

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle

Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Pharm

Special Authority prescriptions are creating a bureaucratic nightmare for pharmacists and causing delays in patients getting their medicine. Jonathan Chilton-Towle investigates

More than 90 per cent of pharmacists surveyed by Pharmacy Today say they regularly see problems with Special Authority prescriptions, and nearly half