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Supplementary Prescribing
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In April 2002 Lord Hunt announced proposals to allow patients quicker access to medicines by extending the prescribing powers of pharmacists and nurses.
Following discussions with the medical, pharmacy and nursing professions, a consultation paper on 'supplementary' prescribing by pharmacists and nurses was published. Supplementary prescribing for pharmacists and nurses was made possible through changes to regulations in April 2003. Ministers have subsequently agreed that supplementary prescribing responsibilities may be extended to physiotherapists, radiographers, podiatrists and chiropodists and optometrists. Work on this will take place during 2004.
The Task Force submitted a response to the supplementary prescribing proposal for pharmacists and nurses, commenting on 4 key areas:
The document is available to download below.
In addition, in July 2004 Medicines Partnership submitted the following respose the the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Consultation on Proposals for Supplementary Prescribing by Chiropodists, Physiotherapists, Radiographers and Optometrists
More details about supplementary prescriing are available on the Department of Health website.
In June 2005 the Department of Health published research into independent nurse prescribing which found the practice is viewed positively by patients, doctors and nurses themselves. Patients cited accessibility as a major advantage when obtaining their medicine from a nurse rather than a doctor. Click on the title to find out more.
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