Independent pharmacist prescribing in primary care
September 20, 2010 by admin
How can independent pharmacist prescribing be supported in primary care, as some pharmacist prescribers struggle to develop their roles and overcome barriers? In this interesting article, consultant pharmacist for cardiovascular disease Helen Williams describes how she works in primary care to develop prescribing roles for pharmacists, to convince GPs to commission pharmacist prescribing services - in the case of one of the new clinics, funding has now been taken over by a GP practice - and to support all prescribers. She describes how, for example, they have been able to demonstrate improvements in overall QOF achievements for blood pressure control in GP practices associated with the clinics she has been involved in setting up.
“Discrepancy” between nurses and pharmacists on controlled drugs
August 14, 2009 by admin
Pharmacist independent prescribers should be able to prescribe controlled drugs in the same ways that nurse independent prescribers do, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB).
In its submission to the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery, the RPSGB says that the discrepancy disadvantages many patients and also calls for both nurse and pharmacist independent prescribers to prescribe an unrestricted range of controlled drugs. It points out that, at present, pharmacist independent prescribers cannot prescribe controlled drugs even though some are included as ingredients in over-the-counter medicines.
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