Prescriber
Someone with the legal power to prescribe medicine, such as a doctor or a specially trained nurse. The person who diagnosed your child may not be one.
A clinician has not checked this definition yet.
Applies across the UK
Doctors can prescribe, and so can some nurses and pharmacists who have done extra training, sometimes called non-medical prescribers. Psychologists cannot prescribe. This matters after an ADHD ADHD ADHD is a difference in the way a child's brain works. It affects how they pay attention, how much energy they have, and how easily they act on impulse. A clinician has not checked this definition yet. Read the full definition of ADHD diagnosis, because medicine is usually started and adjusted by a specialist prescriber, not by whoever did the assessment. If a report says only a prescriber can make medication decisions, it means decisions about medicine sit with one of these professionals, and your child may need a separate appointment with one.
Where this comes from
- Prescriptions , NHS. Checked 2026-08-15.
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