ACMD advice on independent prescribing by paramedics

Dr Owen Bowden-Jones, chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) and Professor Roger Knaggs, the Chair of the ACMD’s Technical Committee, write to ministers to provide the ACMD’s advice on the prescribing and administration of a limited number of controlled drugs (CDs) by paramedics.

The government’s response to this letter is now available.