Non-medical prescribing by allied health professionals.
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Leslie, Rosalind
Eddison, Nicola
Tisdale, Louise
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2022-05-26
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Non-medical prescribing
Allied health professionals
Allied health professionals
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The 1968 Medicines Act provides public safeguards in the governance of medicines and outlines the restrictions on who is legally entitled to prescribe them. Any change to the legislation requires a clear rationale and a firm case of clinical need to allow other healthcare professionals to access and prescribe medicines. Thus, doctors are by far the largest group of prescribers, who along with dentists, can prescribe on registration. Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) form a significant part of the healthcare workforce with over four million patient contacts per week. However, it wasn’t until 1999 that the prospect of prescribing was formally proposed for some AHPs, as a solution to the emerging workforce challenges facing the National Health Service.
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Eddison, N. Leslie, R. Tisdale, L. Non-medical prescribing by allied health professionals. May 2022. Institute of Health and Social Care Management. https://ihm.org.uk/2022/05/26/non-medical-prescribing-by-allied-health-professionals-dr-nicky-eddison-dr-ros-leslie-and-louise-tisdale/