Target of 1,000 prescribers unlikely to be met
There is “still some way to go” before the profession meets the government target of 1,000 pharmacists who are supplementary prescribers by the end of the year, according to Peter Wilson, consultant to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and its lead on supplementary prescribing.
His comments came as he revealed that the number of postgraduate supplementary
prescriber courses in England, Wales and Scotland has increased to 18
with more in the pipeline.
Dr Wilson added that the courses’ popularity varied because pharmacists
were influenced by the location and design of the individual programmes.
He said: “These are the two major factors influencing their decision.
Some programmes require students to be there in person every day for
a week at a time while others require them to be there a day a week.
“Some of the courses are heavily oversubscribed while others have
generated less interest. There is still some way to go to meet the government
target.”
P&MM Prescribing & Medicines Management will now be
produced as a pull-out
section in The Journal, as in this issue.
This will
give all pharmacists a chance to understand the impact that colleagues
can have in medicines management and related issues.
|
|
The
Pharmaceutical Journal