Growing the ranks of non-medical prescribers is a key part of the UK's plans to push the NHS towards a more community-based approach, but is at risk of being undermined by gaps in supervision, ...

Independent prescribing (also called "prescriptive authority") is the ability of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to prescribe, without limitation, legend (prescription) and controlled ...

When a patient walks into a GP surgery or any primary healthcare setting today, the professional writing their prescription may not be a doctor at all. Increasingly, pharmacists, nurses, ...

An evaluation by researchers from University of Manchester and ICF International provided lessons learned from the evaluation in terms of clinical governance, clinical supervision, skill mix, digital ...

Greater scrutiny of prescribing by nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professionals is needed, a report from the Nuffield Trust has suggested. The review of implementation challenges in ...

GP and designated prescribing supervisor Dr Kam Ahmed discusses the challenges of pharmacists automatically becoming independent prescribers from this year, and the urgent reforms needed to ensure and ...