Our ethos is : every pharmacist who can prescribe, should prescribe," says Wasim Baqir, research and development pharmacist at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. His organisation has been working for more than a decade to make mis a reality. Today, more than 80% of its 44 clinical pharmacists prescribe or are training to become an independent presciiber. Most of those who are not prescribing are newly qualified and are not yet eligible for training. David Campbell, chief pharmacist at the trust, says it has such belief in independent prescribing that the qualification is now essential to work at the trust. "It's a condition of employment," he says.
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