Pharmacist prescribing
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Some pharmacists will become supplementary prescribers this year. In this feature, we carry articles that discuss the various aspects of pharmacist prescribing, including training and legal implications. We also discover what can be learnt from nurses' experience of prescribing and look at the situation in Scotland and Northern Ireland
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 Supplementary prescribing — a groundbreaking opportunity Gul
Root, principal pharmaceutical officer, public health and community
services, Department of Health, looks at what supplementary prescribing
will mean for pharmacists...[more]
The development of a curriculum for supplementary prescribing Peter
Wilson, MRPharmS, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s consultant on continuing
professional development, describes the training that will be required for pharmacists
to become prescribers and discusses the role of the Society...[more]
Implementing supplementary prescribing — a
baseline survey by The National Prescribing Centre Some 71 per cent
of primary care trusts across England expect some pharmacists, working in their
area, to be prescribers
by 2005. Clive Jackson, MRPharmS, chief executive of the National Prescribing
Centre, describes how it might be implemented...[more]
Lessons learnt from the nurse prescribing experience Trudy
Granby, Nurse Prescribing Support Manager, National Prescribing Centre,
reflects on nurses’ experiences of prescribing and suggests ways
for pharmacists to avoid the pitfalls...[more]
Pharmacist prescribing — new rights, new responsibilities Christopher
Newdick, barrister and reader in health law at the University of Reading
looks at some of the legal implications that arise from pharmacists being
allowed to prescribe...[more]
The direct supply of medicines pilot in Scotland —
a local view Neil Duff, MRPharmS, of Patna Pharmacy in Ayrshire, describes
his own experience of prescribing
...[more]
Is the Government committed to pharmacist prescribing
in N Ireland? Terry Maguire, FPSNI, a community pharmacist in Belfast,
discusses the diverse issues affecting the implementation of pharmacist prescribing
in Northern Ireland...[more]
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