Principles for Quality and Safe Prescribing Practice: Medical Council response

Council is proud to have been one of the seven responsible authorities (RAs) that worked together to develop the Principles for Quality and Safe Prescribing Practice.

Development of the Principles was a result of collaboration and partnership among RAs.

[See joint release: Prescribing principles developed jointly for safe prescribing across health professions]

This work strengthens Council’s protection of the public and further promotes good prescribing practice. The document is a unifying principles-based approach to prescribing.

Doctors must meet the standards laid out in the Council’s statement on Good Prescribing Practice.
The Principles for Quality and Safe Prescribing Practice are already reflected in our statement on prescribing. Council has therefore not adopted the Principles for Quality and Safe Prescribing Practice as Council standards.

However, the Principles are a helpful resource, particularly for new doctors and IMGs new to New Zealand, that can be read alongside our statement.

Read the Medical Council’s 2024 Good Prescribing Statement here