Non - Medical Prescribing

Question 1

What is supplementary prescribing?

Answer 1

→ A voluntary partnership between an independent prescriber (doctor/dentist) and a supplementary prescriber to implement an agreed patient - specific clinical managementplan (cmp) with the patients at agreement.
→ examples:
- nurses
- pharmacists
-optometrists
- radiographers.

Question 2

What is independent prescribing?

Answer 2

→ prescribing by a practitioner who is responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with undiagnosed or diagnosed conditions and for decisions about the clinical management required, including prescribing.