How do we ensure safe prescribing for children?

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Abstract
There has recently been debate in the medical press about the competency of medical professionals to prescribe. Aronson et al2 highlighted the fact that medical students and junior doctors may be unprepared for prescribing drugs when they qualify. Subsequent intense discussion led to a review by the General Medical Council (GMC) Education Committee of UK teaching and assessment of prescribing. This has prompted plans for research into the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors and recommendations about educational or ethical interventions to reduce them (see http://www.gmc-uk.org/education/documents/pap_prescribingITT_v1.0.pdf).