title: Patient group directions to enable hospital nurses to supply medicines.
abstract: Sarah is a nurse specialist in accident and emergency (A&E) nursing. She is told by the consultant that as a nurse specialist she is able to supply various ointments and pain killers for patients who are only seen by the clinical nurse specialist in A&E. She feels that this is the equivalent of prescribing and considers that there should be a more formal procedure. What is the law?
authors.affiliation: University of Glamorgan.
authors.forename: Brigit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dimond
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000592:standards*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D006113:United Kingdom