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A PGD allows a healthcare professional within an organisation to supply and/or administered a drug without a prescription.
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NICE. NICE advises that providing medicines without a prescription should only happen when there are clear benefits for patients. Media Release : 2 Aug 2013. Available from: URL: http://www.nice.org.uk
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Only use a Patient Group Direction when clear benefit for patient. PharmacoEcon Outcomes News 684, 2 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40274-013-0592-2
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