An example of using a decision making framework designed for non-medical prescribers as a method for enhancing prescribing safety for inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)

Non-medical prescribing is needed especially with the increased demand for health careand the physicians’ time constrains. Also, it is not well regulated in Saudi Arabia unlike the UnitedKingdom. This report aims to demonstrate the urged need for regulations to maintain a safenon-medical prescribing process. It also adapts the single competency framework provided bythe United Kingdom national prescribing centre (NPC, 2012) to be utilised by the respiratory therapistfor a safe prescribing process for inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) to control adult asthma as anexample. The framework is thought to be an effective tool for safe non-medical prescribing and it ishighly recommended to develop a national Saudi framework to maintain the patients’ safety andutilise resources.