Optometry Scotland has hailed new legislation to extend NHS independent prescribing rights for optometrists in the country with the introduction of prescribing pads within practice.
The Primary Care Division of the Scottish Government’s Health and Social Care Integration Directorate last week advised NHS Health Boards of the new legislation.
All optometrists in Scotland, who have completed a GOC-approved training course and who are entered on the optometrists’ register as an Independent Prescriber (IP), will now be able to make direct prescriptions.
Sam Watson, chair of Optometry Scotland, said: ‘Giving NHS prescribing rights to optometrists is another step forward in improving joint working within the NHS between the optometry sector and the primary health care system in Scotland.
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