Who can write a prescription? Can the specialist nurse write a prescription?
Salam,
Eligible people to write prescriptions are clinicians like physicians and dentists.
Dear Najla,
Thanks foryour answer
Under UK law only 'appropriate practitioners' can prescribe medicine in the UK. A prescriber is a healthcare professional who can write a prescription. This applies to both NHS prescriptions and private prescriptions.
Appropriate practitioners are:
an independent prescriber: someone able to prescribe medicines under their own initiative
a supplementary prescriber: someone able to prescribe medicines in accordance with a pre-agreed care plan that has been drawn up between a doctor and their patient
Independent prescribers
Independent prescribers are healthcare professionals who are responsible for:
assessing your health
making clinical decisions about how to manage your condition, including prescribing medication
They include:
doctors, such as your GP or a hospital doctor
dentists, who may prescribe medication to treat a condition affecting your teeth
nurse independent prescribers, who can prescribe any medicine for any medical condition within their competence, including some controlled medicines (those that are controlled under the Misuse of Drugs legislation), with the exception of diamorphine, cocaine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction
pharmacist independent prescribers, who can prescribe any medicine for any medical condition within their competence, including some controlled medicines (except diamorphine, cocaine and dipipanone for the treatment of addiction)
optometrist independent prescribers, who can prescribe any medicine for conditions that affect the eye and surrounding tissue, but cannot prescribe any controlled medicines independently
physiotherapists (healthcare professionals who use physical techniques, such as massage and manipulation, to promote healing)
podiatrists (foot care specialists)
How can the "ability to prescribe" and "the responsibility to assess one's health" be determined? Is it the NHS call?
Dear Najla,
Please check these two links below:
https://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/1629.aspx?CategoryID=68
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nurse-and-pharmacist-independent-prescribing-changes-announced
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