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“Pharmacist prescribers should also be familiar with the relevant resources, and make sure that they are competent, for example using the RPS competency framework to demonstrate their competence when prescribing in a new area”
General Pharmaceutical Council 2025
“Pharmacist prescribers must make sure they are competent in the new area of prescribing”
General Pharmaceutical Council 2025
“The ability to independently prescribe is crucial for pharmacists delivering care across the NHS”
Health Education England
This conference will update focus on Prescribing Competence and Practice and update delegates on the practicalities of using the National Competency Framework for all prescribers.
“A common set of competencies should underpin prescribing, regardless of professional background, to enable all prescribers to practise safely and effectively. It applies equally to independent prescribers, community practitioner nurse prescribers and supplementary prescribers.”
Regina Ahmed, RPS lead for the Competency Framework
This conference focuses on demonstrating and improving prescribing competence and practice and use of the National Competency Framework for all Prescribers, and will also update delegates on the Revised Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners. Through national updates, practical case studies and extended expert sessions, this conference focuses on demonstrating and improving prescribing competence and practice – embedding the competency framework, and the twelve competencies for all prescribers. The implications of the changes to the foundation trainee pharmacist which will incorporate independent prescribing from 2025/26 will also be discussed.
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve prescribing competence and practice
Examine how the National Competency Framework for All Prescribers can be used in practice
Understand the national context of your prescribing practice
Consider the implications of the changes to the Foundation Trainee Pharmacist
Develop your skills and leadership as a prescriber
Examine how to self assess, reflect and audit prescribing practice against the competency dimensions
Learn from established NMP Leads about how they are supporting NMPs and DPPs in practice
Embed the framework into practice and demonstrate competence
Demonstrate prescribing proficiency
Understand clinical pharmacology to improve prescribing competence
Understand limits of competence
Reflect on the Revisions to the Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners and understand changes to the DPP role
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
