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Supplementary Prescribing in Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2006

Anne L Hinchliffe
Anne L Hinchliffe
Affiliation:
Supplementary Prescribing Project Manager, Welsh Assembly Government
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Summary

  1. Approximately 160 nurses and pharmacists are currently enrolled on a ‘All Wales’ Supplementary Prescribing training course

  2. The course is multi-professional and requires 15 days attendance plus additional self-directed learning utilising ‘All Wales’ distance learning materials

  3. Each designated supervising medical practitioner must attend a one day training event in preparation for the role

  4. Those in training come from a broad spectrum of nursing and pharmacy practice which will enable the value of supplementary Prescribing to be tested in a range of situations

Keywords

Supplementary PrescribingEducatingWales
Type
Focus On
Information
Nurse Prescriber , Volume 1 , Issue 9 , September 2004 , pp. 1 - 3 , e175
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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References

Department of Health (1999) Review of Prescribing, Supply and Administration of Medicines (Crown Final Report). DH, London
All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (2004). Task & Finish Group on Supplementary Prescribing. www.wales.nhs.uk/sites/page.cfm?OrgID=371&PID=3234 (last accessed, 20/09/04)