Influencing prescribing in a primary care led NHS

By Anne Mason

Subjects: Data Collection, Community health and health planning, Great Britain National Health Service, Drugs, Drug Prescriptions, Pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry, Pharmaceutical Services, Prescribing, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Economics, Great Britain, Primary Health Care, Organization & administration

Description: The aim of the project was to evaluate the likely success of medicines management in a primary care led NHS, using a postal survey and review of the implementation literature. As 80% of NHS expenditure on drugs is accounted for by prescriptions dispensed in the community, the focus of the report is on prescribing by doctors in primary care.