For Current and Aspiring Non-Medical Prescribers
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This conference will look at national developments in non medical prescribing in mental health, improving and maintaining prescribing competence and the use of the national prescribing competency framework in mental health. Extended sessions will focus on developing your skills as an effective non medical prescriber and case studies will demonstrate established practice in non medical prescribing on acute inpatient wards, for dual diagnosis, early intervention in psychosis, forensic mental health, learning disabilities and physical health monitoring.
The conference will also look at developing non medical prescribing including auditing your prescribing practice, deprescribing, involving people in prescribing decisions, prescribing decision making and supporting the expansion of non medical prescribing practice in mental health.
“We suggest that Mental Health Trusts should urgently develop prescribing roles for specialist mental health pharmacists, which are integrated within mental health teams.”
“It is time for Trusts to revise and improve how they use their multidisciplinary workforce, including non-medical prescribers (NMPs)...We know from systematic reviews that NMPs in general are considered to provide a responsive, efficient and convenient service5 and to deliver similar prescribing outcomes as doctors”
“It is time for Trusts to revise and improve how they use their multidisciplinary workforce, including non-medical prescribers (NMPs) … Mental Health Trusts should urgently develop prescribing roles for specialist mental health pharmacists, which are integrated within mental health teams.”
This conference will enable you to:
- Reflect on the lived experience during Covid-19
- Learn from outstanding practice in improve care through non medical prescribing
- Reflect on national developments and learning, and how prescribing practice has changed during the pandemic
- Understand where non medical prescribing is working well in mental health
- Develop confidence and competence in your ability to prescribe
- Improve the way you use the National Prescribing Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners
- Ensure the support is in place to prescribe effectively
- Reflect on prescribing decision making including difficult issues: pharmacology & prescribing decision making, understanding co-morbidity issues and drug interactions, and issues around sedation
- Understand how you can support, audit and expand non medical prescribing practice
- Learn from experienced practitioners in developing non medical prescribing on the acute inpatient ward and learn from case studies in dual diagnosis, psychosis, learning disabilities physical health monitoring and forensic mental health
- Identify key strategies for reducing polypharmacy and deprescribing
- Ensure you are up to date with the latest evidence
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence
100% of delegates would recommend to a colleague and 90% said the conference would have a positive impact on patient care
