Expansion of drug list for pharmacist prescribers a ‘necessary’ step

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Expansion of drug list for pharmacist prescribers a ‘necessary’ step

Jonathan
Chilton-Towle
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Pharmacist prescriber Linda Bryant says it was difficult for pharmacist prescribers to do their job without having access to some of the drugs now on the list

Pharmacist prescribers have had the list of drugs they can prescribe expanded for the first time since their role was established. Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

The most surprising aspect of the Ministry of Health’s expansion of drugs for pharmacist prescribers is that it took nine years to happen, says a lead