Impact of the Scottish Reduction in Antimicrobial Prescribing (ScRAP) Programme on primary care prescribing for urinary tract infection (UTI)

Introduction The ScRAP programme was developed as a national initiative to support improvements in managing patients presenting with symptoms of UTI. The programme comprises educational content plus improvement ideas. It was implemented in one large, mainly urban, NHS board region covering 21% of the Scottish population via Prescribing Support Pharmacists working with individual GP Practices. A key aim was to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.