Research Roundup

Asystematic review published in 2018 synthesised evidence from 42 papers and highlighted the facilitators and barriers to nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing (Graham-Clarke et al, 2018). An emergent theme from this review was the impact of prescribing on colleagues, managers and patients, or human-factors. The review highlighted the positive effect supportive managers and medical staff had on implementation, particularly in the context of team working. The impact that independent prescribing had on service users was less evident. This month's research round up will review some of the latest peer-reviewed evidence exploring service users' perceptions of prescribing by nurses, midwives, pharmacists and Allied Health Professionals. Following a search of the literature, four articles were selected for round up (Gerard et al, 2015; Hale et al, 2016; Hand Née Davies, 2019; Hindi et al, 2019).