The safety climate of pharmacist supplementary prescribing in england

• In: G17 - Practitioners' Day (Part 1) on Wednesday, 3 September 2008, 9:00-12:00
• At: Basel (Switzerland) (2008)
• Type: Presentations + Posters
• By: ANDERSON, Claire Wynn (University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom)
• Co-author(s): Cooper, RJ (University of Nottingham, NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom)
  Guillaume, L (Univeristy of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
  Bissell, P (Univeristy of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
  Hutchinsen, A (Univeristy of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
  James, V (University of Nottingham, NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom)
  Lymn, J (University of Nottingham, NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom)
  Murphy, E (University of Nottingham, NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom)
  Ratcliffe, E (Univeristy of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
  Ward, P (Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)
  
• Abstract:

  Introduction - Supplementary prescribing (SP) in the UK by nurses and pharmacists promises better utilisation of their skills and plural benefits. However, patient safety concerns have been raised but no research has explored the safety of pharmacist prescribing. One increasingly influential approach is to consider the culture or safety climate

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