In both periods, nurses made almost 50% of interventions, and 40% of these prescriptions were amended; for pharmacist interventions, this figure was 60%.
Also, from a practical point of view, it would be best to discuss this with the pharmacist first.
It may be that pharmacists who have already developed expertise in this area will achieve better outcomes in their prescribing practice.
The need for pharmacists to have access to patient records is stressed.
For example some general practices have employed a pharmacist to dispense and review medication regularly.
Packs of paracetamol tablets were prepared by our local community pharmacist.
Pharmacist prescribers must have sufficient confidence to take on the role if the benefits of supplementary prescribing are to be realized.
The customer called to the assistants of the pharmacist who were standing up.
