Deborah Robertson

Challenges in prescribing practice

This piece of original research published in the BMJ Open online in January 2022, sought to explore the barriers to and facilitators of reporting detected prescribing errors in a primary care setting...

Prescribing in hypertension

This retrospective cohort analysis published in the Journal of Pharmacy Technology in 2022 aimed to describe prescribing patterns of antihypertensive medications in patients with incident stage 2...

Sexual and reproductive health prescribing

This original research study, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing in January 2022 aimed to compare the implications of using nurse prescribing and the use of patient group directions (PGDs)...

Mandatory vaccinations for NHS staff under consultation

January of this year saw the publication of NHS England's Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment (VCOD) for Healthcare Workers-Phase 2 (Implementation) (NHS England, 2022).

Prescribing for respiratory disease

This original research study, published in the journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, aimed to provide an overview evaluation of the clinical safety of delaying antibiotic commencement for upper...

A challenging winter lies ahead of us

Electronic prescribing

This original research article published in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy aimed to investigate any differences in rates of prescribing errors made by medical prescribers as compared to...

Nurse and midwife prescribing: principles, values and beliefs

This overview article in the advanced practice section of the British Journal of Nursing outlines the general principles of nurse prescribing practice in the UK and its current standing (Mitchell and...

Healthcare workers must be protected

For many of you in clinical practice, although you have not stopped face-to-face contact, it has not been the same as it has been previously, and many patients have found the pandemic system confusing...

Analgesia prescribing in primary care

This interrupted time series analysis published in the British Journal of General Practice looks at the impact of published guidance on prescribing rates of simple analgesia in primary care settings...

Maintaining safe practice

I don't know about you, but I find it difficult when reading news and updates these days not to see COVID-19 everywhere I look! But a few non-COVID things have caught my eye this month, and one...

Antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship

This mixed methods study using a reasoned action approach in the Journal of Hospital Infection aimed to measure nurse independent prescribers' (NIPs) intention to manage patients, presenting with an...

Statin prescribing, preventative use and lipid levels

This review of the literature published in the Journal of Vascular Health and Risk Management (Reynolds et al, 2021), looked at the important area of the use of the drug group statins and the...

Small steps, big changes

I suppose I should begin this editorial by letting you know I have now had my second COVID-19 vaccination! I know I am part of a growing number of those afforded increased protection from the virus,...