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Section 4.1 The process: Introduction

All the previous sections of this resource will, we hope, have positioned you well for the development of your actual IPs.

Introducing the processes needed to deliver IPs locally

Whatever approach you decide to take to delivering IPs locally, it will need to include the following elements, which we look at in this section:

• Developing your IP
• Identifying content and developing information directories
• Quality assurance of your information
• Designing information prescription templates
• Thinking through the different delivery methods
• Prescribing information, including written scripts or prompts to help with this
• Dispensing the information prescribed
• Recording what has been offered

We finish the section with a page of resources that will help you think through some of the ethical implications of IP

On the next page: some hot tips about the process of developing IPs