DAWN BROOKES Community Matron in Ilkeston and previously Clinical Practice Lecturer, University of Reading, UK.ANNE SMITH Director of Nursing Studies, University of Reading, UK.

• Foreword;  Lady CumberlegeIntroduction;  D.Brookes  &  A.SmithPART ONE: IMPLEMENTATION OF INDEPENDENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PRESCRIBING IN THE UNITED KINGDOMChapter 1: Implementation Across the United KingdomPolicy Background;  M.Courtenay  &  M.GriffithsImplementation in Scotland;  I.Rutherford  &  A.SherryImplementation in Northern Ireland;  C.Mason  &  A.GlennImplementation in England;  M.Courtenay  &  M.GriffithsImplementation in Wales;  F.Irvine  &  C.KirkhamChapter 2: Educational Preparation for the Prescribing Role;  S.TopperChapter 3: Prescribing Partnerships;  H.CrawleyChapter 4: Government Targets: Getting the Best from NonMedical Prescribing;  S.TinsonPART TWO: NURSING AND MIDWIFERY PERSPECTIVES ON INDEPENDENT AND SUPPLEMENTARY PRESCRIBINGChapter 5: Walk-in Centre Perspectives;  R.LonsdaleChapter 6: District Nursing Perspectives;  S.Dundon  &  D.BrookesChapter 7: Midwifery Perspectives;  J.PriorChapter 8: Health Visitor Perspectives;  J.DaviesChapter 9: Mental Health Nursing Perspectives;  S.Sherring  &  A.RendallChapter 10: School Nursing Perspectives;  J.RosalieChapter 11: Community Matron Perspectives;  D.BrookesPART THREE: ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PRESCRIBINGChapter 12: Pharmacy and Prescribing;  A.AlexanderChapter 13: Physiotherapy and Prescribing;  P.RobinsonChapter 14: Podiatry and Prescribing;  D.BirkinshawChapter 15: Radiography and Prescribing;  J.CameronPART FOUR: DEVELOPMENTS IN PRACTICEChapter 16: Implementing Prescribing in Secondary Care;  R.Oliver-WilliamsChapter 17: Prescribing in Nurse Triage Situations;  S.GarrattChapter 18: Patient Group Directions, Independent and Supplementary Prescribing;  M.BrownsellChapter 19: Maintaining Competency in Prescribing;  M.Smith