Cumberlege Report 1986: A Milestone for Nurse Prescribing

The Cumberlege Report, officially titled Neighbourhood Nursing: A Focus for Care, was a landmark document that recommended the introduction of nurse prescribing in the United Kingdom. Published in 1986 by the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS), the report examined the care given to clients in their homes by district nurses and health visitors, and identified several problems and inefficiencies in the current system of prescribing. The report suggested that patient care could be improved and resources used more effectively if community nurses were able to prescribe from a limited list of items and simple agents agreed by the DHSS.




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