Government to allow more NHS staff to prescribe medicines as ministers relax rules post-Brexit The government is aiming to relax rules to allow more NHS staff other than doctors to prescribe drugs to patients.
It is part of new legislation presented to Parliament on Thursday, which will also seek to soften regulations governing the UK’s £74bn life sciences sector to make the UK more competitive post-Brexit.
Ministers hope to give more midwives, physiotherapists, paramedics and other staff the power to prescribe what the Department of Health and Social Care described as “low risk medicines” which it said could help reduce unnecessary GP appointments. The Independent
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It is part of new legislation presented to Parliament on Thursday, which will also seek to soften regulations governing the UK’s £74bn life sciences sector to make the UK more competitive post-Brexit.
Ministers hope to give more midwives, physiotherapists, paramedics and other staff the power to prescribe what the Department of Health and Social Care described as “low risk medicines” which it said could help reduce unnecessary GP appointments. The Independent
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- New bill gives hospitals power to develop personalised treatment Department of Health and Social Care
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