Legislation to allow nurse independent prescribing took effect in Scotland from 31 May 2006, but a report by the University of Stirling found some NHS boards had failed to react to it.
It found ‘a lack of coherent, integrated and stable board-level infrastructure for prescribers’ and said that ‘in some instances, there have been slow responses of boards to the prescribing agenda’.
The University of Stirling report also found that 72 per cent of people found nurse prescribing the same as GP prescribing, and 23 per cent thought it was ‘a bit’ or ‘much’ better.
nick.bostock@haymarket.com
It found ‘a lack of coherent, integrated and stable board-level infrastructure for prescribers’ and said that ‘in some instances, there have been slow responses of boards to the prescribing agenda’.
The University of Stirling report also found that 72 per cent of people found nurse prescribing the same as GP prescribing, and 23 per cent thought it was ‘a bit’ or ‘much’ better.
nick.bostock@haymarket.com
