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The Non-Medical Prescribing Programme
Patients get quicker access to medicines and services as nurses and other health professionals are now able to prescribe certain medicines, under the non-medical prescribing programme.
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Non-medical prescribing leads
This document contains a list of the non-medical prescribing leads for each strategic health authority. This was updated in June 2009.
Non-medical prescribers
The document contains a list of useful publications on how to use non-medical prescribers to improve efficiency.
Scope of guidance - position in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
The guidance available on this website applies to England only. Although the legislation that permits the extension of prescribing responsibilities applies across the UK, it is for the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to decide whether and how it is implemented for the NHS in their countries. For further information please refer to the following websites:
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