title: Nurse prescribing in addiction services: client benefits.
abstract: Recent changes to prescribing regulations mean that nurse independent prescribers and supplementary prescribers are now able to prescribe any licensed medicine for conditions within their competence, including some controlled drugs. This article discusses the anticipated benefits of these prescribing changes for patients receiving treatment for substance misuse.
authors.affiliation: Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Gara
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sessay
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luty
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D016526:Workload