Experiences and opinions of multi-professional non-medical oncology prescribers on post-qualification training: a qualitative study.

Background: Within the UK, a non-medical prescriber is a non-medical healthcare professional who has undertaken post-registration training to gain prescribing rights. Lack of post-qualification NMP training has previously been identified as a barrier to the development of oncology non-medical prescribing practice.

Aim: To explore the experiences and opinions of multi-professional non-medical oncology prescribers on post-qualification training.

The treatment-related experiences of parents, children and young people with regular prescribed medication.

Background Taking regular medication has been shown to have an impact on the daily lives of patients and their families. Objective To explore the medication-related experiences of patients and their families when a child or young person is prescribed regular medication. Setting A specialist U.

Children/young people taking long-term medication: a survey of community pharmacists' experiences in England.

Objectives: To determine whether community pharmacists undertake medication reviews with children/their carers and to identify the type of medication-related experiences presented to them when a child is taking long-term medication.

Methods: A 13 question semi-structured survey was posted to 354 England-based community pharmacists with telephone follow-up/repeat mailing of non-responders. Participants were asked about their practice as a community pharmacist over the preceding 12 months to children/young people, or their carers, taking long-term medication.

Clinical significance of medication reconciliation in children admitted to a UK pediatric hospital: observational study of neurosurgical patients.

Background: In December 2007, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and the National Patient Safety Agency in the UK (NICE-NPSA) published guidance that recommends all adults admitted to hospital receive medication reconciliation, usually by pharmacy staff. A costing and report tool was provided indicating a resource requirement of 12.9 million pounds for England per year.