2006 No. 1015

HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS
NURSES AND MIDWIVES

The Nurses and Midwives (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Amendment Order of Council 2006

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 3rd day of April 2006

By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council

Their Lordships make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by article 6 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 20011.

In accordance with article 6(4) of that Order, they have consulted the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Nurses and Midwives (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Amendment Order of Council 2006 and shall come into force on 1st May 2006.

Amendment of the Nurses and Midwives (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 20042

In the Nurses and Midwives (Parts of and Entries in the Register) Order of Council 20042—

a

in paragraph (2) of article 13 (citation, commencement and interpretation), omit the definitions of “District Nurse and Health Visitor Formulary” and “Extended Formulary”; and

b

in paragraph (2) of article 7 (entries indicating qualifications or competence), for sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute the following sub-paragraphs—

a

as a community practitioner nurse prescriber;

b

as a nurse independent prescriber;

c

as a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber.

A.K. GallowayClerk of the Privy Council

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order changes three recordable qualifications in the statutory register of nurses and midwives, maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The former recordable qualification to order drugs, medicines and appliances from the District Nurse and Health Visitor Formulary has been changed to a qualification to order them as a community practitioner nurse prescriber. The former qualification to order drugs, medicines and appliances from the Extended Formulary has been changed to a qualification to order them as a nurse independent prescriber (for whom there is no specific formulary). Additionally, some nurse independent prescribers are qualified to act as supplementary prescribers (persons who prescribe in accordance with clinical management plans), and the former annotation for supplementary prescribers has been amended to reflect the dual nature of their qualification.