A PRIVATE CONTROLLED DRUG PRESCRIBER CODE is allocated by the NHS Prescription Services to private prescribers who prescribe schedule 2 and 3 controlled drugs that are intended to be dispensed by registered pharmacies.
Note: A registered pharmacy means Pharmacy Premises registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council and listed on the General Pharmaceutical Council Register.
For information on Controlled Drugs, see the NHS Business Services Authority Prescription Pricing Division website.Private Controlled Drug Prescribers fall into one of the following types:
- Private General Practitioners
- Private Nurses
- Private Pharmacists
- Private Optometrists
- Private Physiotherapists
- Private Radiographers
- Private Podiatrists.
Each Private Controlled Drug Prescriber is linked to one Integrated Care Board. This is the Integrated Care Board that is responsible for the Private Controlled Drug Prescriber and may not necessarily be the geographic Integrated Care Board.
See the Organisation Data Service pages of the NHS England website at:
- Organisation Data Service: Primary Care: Private Controlled Drug Prescribers for further information
- Data Search and Export to access the PRIVATE CONTROLLED DRUG PRESCRIBER CODES (click on Reports on the top menu, click on the down arrow next to "Select from a list of Predefined Reports", scroll down to Practitioner Reports: epcdp (Private Controlled Drug Prescribers in England), click the search button and the information will be displayed).
This attribute is also known by these names:
| Context | Alias |
|---|---|
| formerly | PRIVATE CONTROLLED DRUG PRESCRIBER |
| plural | PRIVATE CONTROLLED DRUG PRESCRIBER CODES |