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Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes

For Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes, carrier is Royal Mail / Post Office; restriction type is allowed; scope is UK & International; conditions is May only be sent by, or at the specific request of, a qualified medical practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse or a recognised laboratory or institution, recorded from its source on 2026-08-03.

Item category
Prescription medicines and drugs sent for scientific or medical purposes unconfirmed
Carrier
Royal Mail / Post Office our reading
Restriction type
allowed our reading
Scope
UK & International our reading
Conditions
May only be sent by, or at the specific request of, a qualified medical practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse or a recognised laboratory or institution
Sourcepostoffice.co.uk
Verified2026-08-03
Review by2027-08-03
DatasetPostal shipping restrictions by item category

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What the source says

May only be sent by, or at the specific request of, a qualified medical practitioner, registered dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse or a recognised laboratory or institution

postoffice.co.uk, retrieved 2026-08-03

Source

Last verified against source: 2026-08-03. Scheduled for re-check by: 2027-08-03. This page as Markdown · OKF concept · full dataset as JSON.