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Improving patients' access to medicines: A guide to implementing nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing within the NHS in England

  • Document type:
    Guidance
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    12 April 2006
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Publication format:
    Electronic only
  • Pages:
    73
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

This guide has been produced to help promote safe and effective prescribing by Nurse and Pharmacist Independent Prescribers and to assist implementation in the NHS. It is applicable to both the NHS and the independent sector. It provides information and advice on good practice for Nurse and Pharmacist Independent Prescribers. Informal feedback will be provided from NHS users of the guide.

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