Prescription for change.
With a shortage of doctors to mentor nurse prescribing students, a call to allow experienced nurses to take on the role is the subject of an RCN congress resolution. But not everyone is convinced. From May 1, nurses will be able to prescribe any licensed product from the British National Formulary, apart from controlled drugs. Physiotherapists, optometrists and radiographers are among other groups with prescribing powers.
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