Matt Griffiths discusses the current educational provision for nurse prescribers. Matt Griffiths RGN, FAETC, A&E Cert, is a Senior Lecturer - Nurse Prescribing at the School of Health Studies, Homerton College, Cambridge. Matt Griffiths has been working as an activist for the RCN for the past year, advising on prescribing and medicines management. He will shortly be taking up a part-time joint secondment with Dr Molly Courtenay as advisor on nurse prescribing to the RCN. Article accepted for publication: February 2003