Nurse and pharmacist supplementary prescribing in the UK—a thematic review of the literature
OBJECTIVES: Supplementary prescribing (SP) represents a recent development in non-
medical prescribing in the UK, involving a tripartite agreement between independent
medical prescriber, dependent prescriber and patient, enabling the dependent prescriber to
prescribe in accordance with a patient-specific clinical management plan (CMP). The aim in
this paper is to review, thematically, the literature on nurse and pharmacist SP, to inform
further research, policy and education. METHODS: A review of the nursing and pharmacy …
medical prescribing in the UK, involving a tripartite agreement between independent
medical prescriber, dependent prescriber and patient, enabling the dependent prescriber to
prescribe in accordance with a patient-specific clinical management plan (CMP). The aim in
this paper is to review, thematically, the literature on nurse and pharmacist SP, to inform
further research, policy and education. METHODS: A review of the nursing and pharmacy …