A prescribing advisor is employed by the Health Board and has a strategic role to focus on maximising benefit and minimising risk associated with medicines as well as making the best use of resources allocated for medicines, implementing national health priorities at a local level and designing treatment pathways.
They may provide support to practices and primary care clusters through prescribing data and analysis and facilitation of service development relating to medicines management across all professions, and may work in GP practices to the Health Board’s priorities.