title: Nurse prescribing and the Crown review.
abstract: By March 2001 26,000 district nurses and health visitors will have prescribing authority. Many hospital nurses do not realise the Medicines Act (1968) allows for the dose adjusting and supply of 'homely remedies'. There has been increasing concern about the legality of group protocols, as the term does not exist in law.
authors.affiliation: Northampton Community Healthcare Trust.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gooch
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D006113:United Kingdom