Best professional practice
Resources in this section
Good Practice in Prescribing
Opioids Aware: Key points in good practice in prescribing opioids
Controlled drugs and the law
Opioids Aware: Controlled drugs legislation and the role of the CDAO.
Writing controlled drug prescriptions
Opioids Aware: Best practice and legal requirements of writing opioid prescriptions
Record keeping
Opioids Aware: Guidance on clear and accurate record keeping
Improving patient safety and minimising patient harm
Opioids Aware: Improving patient safety and reporting and learning from medicine incidents
Non-medical prescribing
Opioids Aware: Guidance on supplementary and independent prescribing
Pharmacists and safe opioid prescribing
Opioids Aware: Pharmacists and safe opioid prescribing
Other sections
Understanding Pain and Medicines for Pain
Opioids Aware: Understanding Pain and Medicines for Pain
Clinical Use of Opioids
Opioids Aware: Clinical Use of Opioids
A structured approach to opioid prescribing
Opioids Aware: A structured approach to opioids prescribing
Opioids and addiction
Opioids Aware: opioids and addiction
Information for patients
Opioids Aware: Information for patients