Instalment prescription directions — GPhC CRA MCQ
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Correct answer: B — Friday’s dose plus separately packed Saturday and Sunday instalments
The Home Office-approved wording authorises advance supply of instalments falling on pharmacy-closed days. Each daily dose should remain separately packed when the prescription requires this. The wording does not authorise supply of all remaining instalments or retrospective replacement of earlier missed quantities.
Reference: Home Office circular: approved wording for controlled-drug instalment prescriptions: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-0272015-approved-mandatory-requisition-form-and-home-office-approved-wording/circular-0272015-approved-mandatory-requisition-form-and-home-office-approved-wording