William Swain

Lecturer (Teaching), practice and policy, University College London School of Pharmacy

Understanding scope of practice and accountability when prescribing

This article introduces the core components of professionalism for prescribing pharmacists and shows how these concepts can be used to enhance decision making and promote safe and effective prescribing practice.…

It is time to rethink prescribing scope of practice and the DPP model for foundation training

William Swain argues that plans to ‘retrofit’ traditional supervision and scope of practice models for early career pharmacist prescribers from 2026 could have a detrimental effect.…

Becoming a pharmacist independent prescriber: eight tips for success

The move from pharmacist to pharmacist independent prescriber has benefits but also comes with new responsibilities. Here are eight strategies on how to manage the change in role to ensure safe, legal and ethical practice.…