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Consultation on proposals to extend nurse prescribing

Launch date:

1 October 2000
Closing date:

1 January 2001
Creator/s:

Department of Health
Audience:

Health and social care professionals
Copyright holder:

Crown

This consultation examines proposals to extend nurse prescribing. It looks at the principles behind these proposals; the potential medical conditions which could be appropriate for this approach; options for extending the nurse prescribing formulary; nurses who may be trained to prescribe, and plans for the education and training of these nurses.