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These documents allow some healthcare practitioners to supply or administer medicines without the need to get a prescription (or patient specific direction) first.
Full advice on immunisations can be found at www.immunisation.nhs.uk or The Green Book
PGD Library
The corporate signatures for the PGDs listed below are held on file by Tony Jamieson and can be made available on request.
The Unified PGD for Immunisation (uPGD-I© NHS Leeds) covers the administration of vaccines in line with the guidelines in the Green Book.
Advice on the use of the uPGD-I can be found here. Practitioners should report any incident relating to immunisation, the cold chain or the uPGD-I on Datix.
Also approved for use in GP Practices in Leeds
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