Background
Over 7500 (13%) of UK-based registered pharmacists have undergone additional subsequent training in therapeutics and completed a period of additional supervised clinical training, to gain an independent prescribing qualification enabling diagnosis and prescribing of common conditions. Independent prescribing pharmacists work in tandem with staff from Glasgow’s third sector homeless charities (the Simon Community Scotland and the Marie Trust) to offer the PHOENIx intervention. Previous qualitative work suggests benefit to patients [