Many practitioners, especially those who are new to aesthetics, may not be prescribers, however prescribing is an additional skill you may wish to consider to augment your autonomous aesthetic practice and patient management.
This article aims to share the considerations to make before becoming an independent prescriber. It also discusses the background to independent prescribing, benefits of being a prescriber, recent national guidance, guidance for prescribing mentors, and practical advice including top tips to consider before embarking on the V300 prescribing course.
Since legislation changes in 2006, nurses and pharmacists have been permitted to independently prescribe within their area of competence. Further legal changes over the following six years allowed the prescribing of unlicensed drugs and controlled drugs (with some exceptions) within the nurse/midwife scope of competence.1 From this successful implementation, registered professions to independently prescribe (not including supplementary prescribing) has grown and now includes: nurses, midwives, pharmacists, physiotherapists, optometrists…
