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Improving mental health services by extending the role of nurses in prescribing and supplying medication: Good practice guide

Produced jointly by the National Prescribing Centre, the National Institute for Mental Health in England and the Department of Health

Mental health nurses already play a central role in the provision of medication and have considerable knowledge and experience in this area. Recent policy developments have allowed suitably trained mental health nurses to prescribe and supply medication in new ways in order to improve services for people with mental health problems. This good practice guide provides information about these opportunities, what potential benefits can come from their introduction and how organisations might go about doing so.C

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