Can I prescribe a medicine based on a remote consultation?

Our Clinical Adviser, Daniel Hardiman-McCartney FCOptom, answers this query in the latest issue of the Clinical Adviser Files.

Every month our advisers share a professional, clinical or ethical question, complete with their expert advice and useful links to additional information. The COVID-19 crisis, and our lives in lockdown, has given Daniel, and Dr Susan Blakeney FCOptom, the opportunity to explore the more out-of-the-ordinary queries that reflect the adapted ways in which members are currently practising.

Read the full answer now.

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