Trends over time in prescribing by English primary care nurses: a secondary analysis of a national prescription database

Vari M. Drennan; Robert L. Grant; Ruth Harris

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Trends over time in prescribing by English primary care nurses: a secondary analysis of a national prescription database

Vari M. Drennan
, Robert L. Grant
, Ruth Harris

St George's, University of London

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The percentage of prescriptions written by nurses in primary care in England is very small in comparison to physicians. Our findings suggest that nurse prescribing is used where it is seen to have relative advantage by all stakeholders, in particular when it supports efficiency in nursing practice and also health promotion activities by nurses in general practice. It is in these areas that there appears to be flexibility in the prescribing role between nurses and general practitioners.

Original language	English
Article number	54
Journal	BMC Health Services Research
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-54
Publication status	Published - 6 Feb 2014

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