To develop a competency framework, using a modified Delphi methodology, for optometrists with a specialist interest in glaucoma, which would provide a basis for training and accreditation. A modified ...

Efforts to recruit and retain nurses in the New Zealand health sector were enhanced today, with the introduction of new regulations for nurse prescribing. From today, Nurse Practitioners practising in ...

Nurses learning to prescribe should be mentored by both a nurse prescriber and a doctor, according to a leading nurse involved in updating prescribing competencies for all healthcare professionals.

Basel, Switzerland, 09 November 2018 - Experts from across Europe have developed a set of competencies in antimicrobial prescribing and stewardship, using a structured consensus procedure. This ESCMID ...

Catherine Picton and Cathy Quinn outline the challenges ahead for GP commissioners in keeping prescribing budgets under control. The NHS spends over £11bn on medicines each year. As the most common ...