title: Development of consensus guidance to facilitate service redesign around pharmacist prescribing in UK hospital practice.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The last decade has seen a drive towards non-medical prescribing in the United Kingdom (UK). However, there is a dearth of any published literature on applying the principles of service redesign to support pharmacist prescribing in any sphere of practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop consensus guidance to facilitate service redesign around pharmacist prescribing.
  
  
  METHODS
  UK hospital practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Delphi technique was used to measure consensus of a panel of expert opinion holders in Scotland. Individuals with key strategic and operational roles in implementing initiatives of pharmacy practice and medicines management were recruited as experts. An electronic questionnaire consisting of 30 statements related to pharmacist prescribing service redesign was developed. These were presented as five-point Likert scales with illustrative quotes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consensus, defined as 70 % of panel members agreeing (ranked strongly agree/agree) with each statement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Responses were obtained from 35/40 (87.5 %) experts in round one and 29 (72.5 %) in round two. Consensus in round one was achieved for 27/30 of statements relating to aspects of generic 'service development' (e.g. succession planning, multidisciplinary working, quality evaluation, practice development and outcome measures) and 'pharmacist prescribing role development' (e.g. education and future orientation of service). Issues of disagreement were around targeting of pharmacist prescribing to clinical specialities and financial remuneration for prescribing in the hospital setting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Consensus guidance has been developed to facilitate service redesign around hospital pharmacist prescribing.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tonna
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCaig
authors.forename: Lesley
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Diack
authors.forename: Bernice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D003697:Delphi Technique; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000592:standards*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D055656:Prescriptions; D024382:Professional Role; D012606:Scotland
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