Towards Prescribing Practice

Non-medical clinicians are being authorised to prescribe in growing numbers and in a widening range of roles. Universities across the country have approved prescribing courses for general healthcare practice, many delivered partly through distance learning. This guide takes readers through the principles and day-to-day practice of prescribing, drawing on recent research into prescribing and patient care and matched to the government standards that shape these study programmes. Its central themes are core prescribing principles, along with management and leadership.

The chapters build step by step, and each one includes space for applying ideas through group discussion and exercises. An early section on patient-centred planning and concordance shows how new knowledge can be fitted into an individual care approach. The last three chapters look at prescribing from the perspective of mental health, palliative care and emergency care, giving targeted guidance for each of these areas.