Legal go-ahead for UK physiotherapists to prescribe independently

Legal go-ahead for UK physiotherapists to prescribe independently: It has been legally confirmed that physiotherapists in the United Kingdom will be the first in the world to be able to independently prescribe medicines, without a doctor authorising their decision.After announcing the plan in October last year, the Health Minister for England signed into law the full independent prescribing rights for physiotherapists on 20th August. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will follow in the next few months.

News Link: http://www.wcpt.org/node/101751

Physiotherapists and podiatrists have been given prescribing powers in the UK, meaning they can give medicines to their NHS patients.

News Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23752418