Prescribing safely and confidently

Pharmacy guide

Here are 12 ways to prescribe safely through personal development and improving your practice. You'll also find how developing a personal formulary and maintaining a portfolio of evidence can help your confidence and competence to prescribe.

You’re encouraged to use your professional codes of conduct, standards and the competency framework for all prescribers alongside this guidance to ensure you’re prescribing safely and confidently. See the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) website for all your regulatory requirements.

^{First Published: 7 July 2023
Updated: 20 November 2025}