Locking the prescriber to the signed-in clinician

What this does

By default, when you reauthorise a medication or create a prescription document, the prescribing/authorising clinician is locked to your own linked clinician profile — you can't prescribe on someone else's behalf. This keeps prescribing accountable to the person actually signed in.

Turning it on or off

Go to Configuration → Consultations → Preferences and toggle "Lock prescriber to the signed-in clinician".

• On (default): the prescriber is fixed to your linked clinician and shown read-only.
• Off: you can choose the prescriber from the list — useful when someone prepares a script on a clinician's behalf.

"Your account isn't linked to a clinician profile"

If you see this when prescribing, your user account hasn't been linked to a clinician profile in this practice. Ask a practice admin to link you (in the team/clinician settings), then try again.

Who can reauthorise

Reauthorising a medication requires the Create prescriptions permission. If you don't have it, the Reauthorise action is hidden.