Patient Group Directions

Registered Healthcare Professionals are covered under a PGD as soon as they accept the professional obligations by signing the Authorisation Sheet, while there is no regulatory or legal requirement for copies of the signed sheets to be submitted to the Board, it is recommended that Boards keep a list of the Registered Healthcare Professionals that are operating under a Patient Group Direction(s). In place of submitting signed sheets to the board, NHS Lanarkshire now has an e-form available for Community Pharmacy Registered Healthcare Professionals to notify boards of PGD sign up: PGD Sign Up

  • PGD Urgent Provision of Medicines, Appliances and ACBS Products – click here
  • Authorisation Form – Click here
  • Direct Referral – Click here.
  • What’s New – Click here.
  • A-Z Look Up List – Click here

Varenicline PGD – Click here

NRT Assessment form – Click here

PGD Trimethoprim  – Click here

PGD NitrofurantoinClick here

UTI Assessment Form – Click here. 

UTI GP Notification Form – Click here.


PGD Fusidic Acid Cream – Click here.

Impetigo Assessment Form – Click here.

Impetigo GP Notification Form – Click here.


PGD Flucloxacillin – Click here.

Bacterial Skin infections Assessment Form – Click here

Bacterial Skin infections GP Notification Form – Click here


PGD Aciclovir – Click here

Shingles Assessment Form – Click here

Shingles Assessment GP Notification Form – Click here

PGD Emergency Hormonal ContraceptionClick here

Combined EHC BC template Once for Scotland – Click here

Supporting guidance for EHC and Bridging Contraception – Click here

Bridging Contraception PGD – Click Here

Bridging Contraception Desogestrel PGD GP notification form – Click here

Combined EHC BC template Once for Scotland – Click here

Supporting guidance for EHC and Bridging Contraception – Click here

Page last reviewed: 20 May 2025