Pharmacist Prescribing

Pharmacist prescribing is intended to improve medicines optimisation, timely access to treatment, and workforce transformation. Evidence from healthcare settings suggests pharmacist prescribing may improve disease control, reduce hospital use, and improve medication safety and appropriateness. Pharmacist prescribing was introduced partly to respond to pressure on hospital services, especially in the UK NHS. Variation in pharmacist prescribing implementation is linked to role design, governance, digital infrastructure, local culture, and multidisciplinary working. The protocol examines pharmacist prescribing in hospital inpatient settings as a complex intervention embedded in organisational and care-delivery systems.