THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF INDDEPENDENT PRESCRIBERS

摘要

As a lead pharmacist in HIV and sexual health, Claire Richardson uses her independent prescriber qualification to prescribe everything her patients need - from antiretroviral drugs to medicines to manage side effects. "It's just brilliant to be able to have that consultation with a patient, make those decisions with them and then just say. 'here you go'. I don't have to ask someone else to do that for me or get someone to approve it," explains Richardson, who is based in a specialist HIV centre at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.