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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brewers23" data-source="post: 1614137" data-attributes="member: 166469"><p>This is a good question. I’ll try and put forward a possible explanation, which is based on my understanding. In Dr. Unwin’s practice he has decided, as a physician, that in his clinical judgement the NICE guidelines can be safely ignored. He has then defined the scope of practice for all of his staff in their policies and procedures. Should anyone complain then his staff can say that they were working within to their policies and procedures and that the organisation is accepting vicarious liability; however  if I were to do the same then I would not be covered as I am not part of that organisation and this is not within my organisation’s policies and procedures, and NICE guidelines should be followed.  For example a GP can prescribe a medication for a condition for which it is not licensed, but a nurse prescriber cannot. I hope this makes sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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