Scot push for prescribing
August 16, 2013
A major new report issued in
the UK has recommended that
pharmacists should be given a
greater responsibility for treatment
outcomes, including prescribing
medications and offering a “triage
service” for minor ailments.
The Review of NHS
Pharmaceutical Care of Patients in
the Community in Scotland noted
that the ageing population will
put more pressure on GPs unless
more prescribing can be done by
community pharmacists.
The report also cited medication
errors and lack of compliance
caused a “significant drain” on the
country’s health service.
Pharmacist prescribing is already
permitted in Scotland, but “in
practice little prescribing is done as
it needs to be part of a system in
collaboration with others”.
“We believe that, given the
increasing workload on GPs,
working with prescribing
pharmacists in a structured way
could be mutually beneficial,” the
report’s authors said.
The Scottish Pharmacy Board has
welcomed the recommendations,
saying they have the “potential
to transform pharmaceutical care
services provision for patients”.
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