Unlike for NHS prescription there is no special stationery as mandated by the General Medical Council; a private prescription can be printed, handwritten or created electronically by an authorised prescriber on any piece of paper or regulatory compliant electronic system such as Clynxx.
The exception is that since July 2006, the Department of Health has required private prescriptions for a Controlled Drug to be prescribed on specified paperwork, the FP10PCD.
The charge for the medication is based on cost price and markup, as is usual in retail, plus a dispensing fee.
The NHS prescription charge in England is a standard fee which is not related to the cost of the drug or quantity supplied; there is no charge for NHS prescriptions in Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales.
"[5][6][7][8] In June 2023, it was revealed that "only two [electronic private prescription] software developers [were] fully compliant with regulatory requirements".