'Nurse Prescribing Policy' re 'NHS plans to improve access to medicines and to make better use of health professional skills a number of legislative changes have been put in place’

Refers to: 'Introduction', 'Definitions', 'Aim of Policy', 'Scope of Policy', 'Responsibilities and Accountability', 'Education and Training', 'Prescription writing', 'Security and Safe handling of Prescription Forms', 'Gifts and Hospitality', 'Adverse Event Reporting', 'Monitoring of Nurse Prescribing', 'Prescribing relationships', 'Monitoring of Nurse Prescribing', 'Protocol No 1 - Record Keeping and Nurse Prescribing', 'Protocol No 2 - Prescription Pad Security and Safe Handling for Nurse Prescribers', 'Protocol No 3 - Prescription Writing, and Provision of Information to Patients and Cares', 'Protocol No 4 - Prescription Pad Supply and Management', 'Protocol No 5 - Arrangements for Updating', 'Protocol No 6 - Supplementary Prescribing' and 'Distribution'. Enclosing: 1. Appendix I 'System for Informing GP Practice'. 2. Appendix II 'Example of Clinical Management Plan'. 3. 'Nurse Prescribing Policy Addendums (Fareham and Gosport PCT)'. [Note - includes copy of the document].