Pharmacist prescribing could be used to improve access to treatments for drug misuse, according to a report published by the Scottish Government. "Use of mechanisms such as non-medical prescribing (nursing and pharmacists) may bring potential for services to increase capacity," it states. The report concludes that services have focused on harm reduction and that the availability of treatments to achieve abstinence has been limited. It calls for a "person-centred approach" where harm reduction and abstinence are "aspects on the same continuum".
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