Public awareness of non-medical prescribing
May 11, 2009 by admin
The Scottish public seem to be reasonably well aware of non-medical prescribing, with more than half the respondents to a survey saying they knew that trained health professionals could write prescriptions for medicines previously prescribed only by doctors. They were most comfortable with pharmacist prescribing, closely followed by nurse prescribing.
The postal questionnaire was sent to 5000 members of the public in November 2006, and generated a response rate of 37.1%.
Stewart DC et al. Cross Sectional Survey of the Scottish General Public’s Awareness of, Views on, and Attitudes Toward Nonmedical Prescribing. Ann Pharmacother 2009; 43(9): published online 5 May.
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