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Patient Group Directions – A practical guide and framework of competencies for all professionals using patient group directions December 2009
Incorporating an overview of existing mechanisms for the supply and prescribing of medicines.

‘Improving patients' access to medicines: A guide to implementing nurse and pharmacist independent prescribing within the NHS in England’
This Department of Health document provides information and advice on good practice for nurse and pharmacist independent prescribers and sets out the steps to implement independent prescribing in England.

Training non-medical prescribers in practice, Feb 2005
A guide to help healthcare organisations identify individuals who may be suited to the role of designated medical practitioner (DMP) and help doctors prepare for and carry out the role of DMP.

Standards of proficiency for nurse and midwife prescribers
This booklet provides the standards and proficiencies for the programmes of preparation for nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses to prescribe as either a community practitioner nurse prescriber or a nurse independent/supplementary prescriber.

Professional Standards and Guidance for Pharmacist Prescribers
This document expands on the principles of the ‘Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians’ to explain their responsibilities as a supplementary or independent pharmacist prescriber.

A Handbook for Optometry Specialist Registration in Therapeutic Prescribing, July 2008
This Handbook defines the content and the standard of education and training (including practical experience) required for the purpose of achieving the competencies required for entry to specialist optometry registers for supply of therapeutic drugs at Additional Supply Level and optometric Independent Prescribing speciality (encompassing optometric Supplementary Prescribing) – accreditation of curricula and assessment.