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Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Research
Volume 1 Issue 1
Clinical Pharmacy 2017
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December 07-09, 2017 | Rome, Italy
7
th
World Congress on
Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
The implementation of non-medical
prescribing across Wales
Karen Hodson, Rhian Deslandes, Professor Molly Courtenay,
Riyad Khanfer, Gail Harries-Huntley, Anthony Pritchard, Elizabeth
Williams, Gary Morris
and
David Gillespie
Cardiff University, United Kingdom
D
eveloping the roles of healthcare professionals is key
to modernizing the National Health Service and Non-
Medical Prescribers (NMP) are a relatively new innovation
which is key to this modernization. Since their introduction
14 years ago, 29,000 nurses, 3875 pharmacists and
several hundred allied health professionals across the
United Kingdom have become qualified to prescribe.
Independent prescribers have the most extended
prescribing rights in the world and can prescribe practically
any medicine for any condition provided that it is within
their area of competence. There is growing evidence
that NMPs contribute to improved services in a number
of ways including greater choice and access for patients,
better use of time and skills within the healthcare team
and improved patient care. There is a lack of evidence
available with regards to the extent to which NMPs have
been embedded within organizations across Wales. This
presentation will provide an overview of non-medical
prescribing across Wales and discuss the facilitators
and barriers to the implementation and sustainability
of this development. The presentation will also include
developments in this area elsewhere in the UK.
Biography
Karen Hodson has completed her BSc, Pharm, MSc in Clinical Pharmacy
and PhD. She is the Program Director for the Cardiff University and since its
initiation in 2006, and the Program Director for the Pharmacist Independent
Prescribing program. In addition to these, she is also involved in delivering the
MPharm and other post-qualification programs. She has been actively involved
in many research activities from practice based undergraduate projects to
supervising over 50 MSc projects, as well as larger scale projects. Her current
research interests include technology to enhance communication between the
primary/secondary care interface and non-medical prescribing.
hodsonkl@cardiff.ac.ukKaren Hodson et al., J Pharmacol Ther Res 2017