{"id":44,"date":"2024-05-15T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/nhs-borders\/patient-group-directions-pgds\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T15:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:37:44","slug":"patient-group-directions-pgds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/pages\/patient-group-directions-pgds\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Group Directions (PGDs)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-nhs-dark-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6504373603bd89c8611773ca9078bf60 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sign Up for NHS Grampian Patient Group Directions (PGDs)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-nhs-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb89289cb714fd82557754851723bc43 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/e\/RRh5anCtPv\"><strong>NHS Grampian &#8211; PGD- Database Submission\u00a0 \u2013 Fill in form<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-emergency-red-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong><em>Please note by completing this form and noting you have signed for the PGD you are agreeing that you have completed the appropriate training to professional standards enabling you to administer under each PGD. You agree to not act beyond your professional competence, nor out with the recommendations of each\u00a0direction. A PGD does not remove professional obligations and accountability.\u00a0It is the responsibility of each professional to practice within the bounds of their own competence and in accordance with the General Pharmaceutical Council Standards for Pharmacy Professionals.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-emergency-red-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">This authorisation sheet should be retained in the pharmacy to serve as a record of those practitioners authorised to work under the PGD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><em><strong>From April 2026, we no longer accept paper or emailed copies. Please however keep these for your own records, as we may ask to see a paper copy at short notice as part of auditing exercises.\u00a0The information gathered from the Microsoft Form will allow NHS Grampian to fulfil its responsibilities to keep a list of all pharmacists operating in its area who have signed the PGDs currently operating within the Board.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong><u>NEW PGD &#8211; Revisiting Form Submission\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><br>When a new or revised PGD is added, all boxes must be re\u2011ticked. This is to ensure that an accurate and up\u2011to\u2011date record is maintained<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-nhs-dark-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-bbe1db712a62ceb4e148b6349822f262 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to Guide: Signing up to NHS Grampian PGDs using Microsoft Forms <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Sign Up to NHSG PGDs using Microsoft Forms\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yTOgPcH_9Fs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-nhs-dark-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f9b145811266c4a035f886df76182b67 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Looking to keep a copy? Make sure you save response and print or PDF form upon completion. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-emergency-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e03c8f96366c58b86260c74e55ec60c6 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>See three dots at top right of page as shown in the below image.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/c8783670-7d48-460b-accb-91f030355773-1024x489.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/c8783670-7d48-460b-accb-91f030355773-1024x489.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/c8783670-7d48-460b-accb-91f030355773-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/c8783670-7d48-460b-accb-91f030355773-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/c8783670-7d48-460b-accb-91f030355773.png 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-nhs-light-green-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5742316765f0910566aeb9c3d227afb9 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PGD LIBRARY <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-nhs-dark-green-color has-nhs-light-grey-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8f4221420305c28dfdcb5f071f4e0afc\"><strong>Please&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhsgrampian.org\/service-hub\/medicines-management\/pgds\/\">click here<\/a>&nbsp;for NHS Grampian Patient Group Directions (PGDs)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Sign Up for NHS Grampian Patient Group Directions (PGDs) NHS Grampian &#8211; PGD- Database Submission\u00a0 \u2013 Fill in form Please [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-44","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":243,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3216,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44\/revisions\/3216"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-grampian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}