The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7423 p471
21 October 2006

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Competency framework for pharmacist prescribers updated

An updated version of the National Prescribing Centre's competency framework for pharmacist prescribers has been published and can be downloaded from the NPC website (PDF 160K).

The second edition of “Maintaining competency in prescribing” can be used as an aid to training and development programmes and to facilitate individual continuing professional development for both independent and supplementary pharmacist prescribers. The document is an outline framework that can be used by all prescribing pharmacists regardless of the area in which they practise.

The first edition focused on supplementary prescribing by allied health professionals.