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Prescribing in end-of-life care

The Gold Standards Framework (GSF) is a model of care that allows GP practices to proactively support patients with their palliative care needs. The GSF was developed in 2000 as a grass roots...

Human factors and safe prescribing

Prescribing legislation in the UK is some of the most liberal worldwide (Kroezen et al, 2011), requiring robust safeguards to ensure patient safety is not compromised. Errors in prescribing are...

Polypharmacy and deprescribing in people with learning disabilities

Shared decision-making, a key component of universal personalised care in The NHS Long Term Plan (NHS, 2019), aims to provide people with the same choice and control over their mental and physical...

My experience as a non-medical prescriber from 2012–2019: are we still facing the same problems?

As a registered nurse and independent prescriber, I am accountable for all of my prescribing actions. My definition of accountability is simple: being responsible and answerable to yourself and others...

Five minutes with Fiona Peniston-Bird

I was working as a nanny and it literally came into my head. I had no previous desire to be a nurse. It was a strangely overpowering decision, which I had no doubt at all about..

Titrating medicines to treat neuropathic pain: answers

How many 75 mg capsules should be prescribed for 4 weeks? .

Why choose Journal of Prescribing Practice?

Journal of Prescribing Practice shares the latest clinical expertise and professional guidance for non-medical prescribers. Our goal is to provide the knowledge to help you prescribe more efficiently and effectively.

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