title: Designing, specifying and evaluating a new repeat prescribing process for UK general practice.
abstract: Research carried out on repeat prescribing indicates the low quality of repeat medication management. This paper reports on the project methodology, some initial results and ongoing work on the UK NHS Repeat Prescribing Project currently under way in the North East of England aimed at developing an intervention to improve the quality of repeat prescribing.
authors.affiliation: Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics at Newcastle (SCHIN), School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bojke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Neill
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Sugden
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Purves
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013222:State Medicine