Health: Prescription Drugs

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts
Thursday 11th July 2013

(11 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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I am happy to take that suggestion away. I shall write to the noble Baroness about it.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
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My Lords, the noble Earl will be aware that in the past few years nurses have been given much more authority, once they have been properly trained and authorised, to prescribe medicines. Can he confirm that the measures he has talked about will apply to nurse prescribers as well as to doctors?

Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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My Lords, yes.