Follow the conference on X #NMPEndofLife
This important national conference provides an essential update for prescribing at the end of life. It is widely recognised that pain and symptom control at the end of life is not always optimal, the development of non medical prescribing has a key role in improving pain and symptom control for patients at the end of life. The conference, which includes national updates, extended in depth sessions and case studies will focus on developing your skills and competence as a non medical prescriber in end of life care.
“Commonly prescribed drugs such as opioids, anti-emetics, anti-secretory drugs, antipsychotic agents and mouth care products can significantly enhance the role of the CNS in palliative care and the support and care provided for our dying patients.”
Non-medical Prescribing in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EOLC), Emma Sweeney
“People have watched their loved ones dying in pain or in an agitated state because their symptoms have been ineffectively or poorly managed… These cases show how pain, agitation and other distressing symptoms were not adequately controlled as people neared the end of their lives... In many cases, this distress could have been avoided.”
PHSO
“NMP in a palliative care context may be one mechanism through which people can be supported to remain at home with well controlled symptoms at the end of life. For example, patients with cancer typically spend 65-80% of their last 6 months of life at home and adequate pain control is often hindered by poor access to effective timely analgesia. These patients often have multiple, rapidly changing symptoms requiring highly specialist management.”
Non-Medical Prescribing in Palliative Care: A Regional Survey, Dr Lucy Ziegler University of Leeds
The conference will also update non medical prescribers in the issues around prescribing controlled drugs. The Care Quality Commission stated in July 2020 that “prescribing by non-medical prescribers increased in 2019, with the most significant increase from pharmacist prescribing, which increased by 80% over the previous year. Nurse prescribing also increased by 32%.”
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improving non medical prescribing in end of life care
Learn from outstanding practice in end of life care prescribing
Understand how to effectively develop, demonstrate and maintain continued competence in prescribing for patients at the end of life
Reflect on lessons from experts in non medical prescribing for specific case study areas with in depth interactive sessions focusing on Nurse Prescribing for Pain, Nurse Prescribing in community settings, Controlled drugs and use of drugs beyond the product licence, The use of Syringe Drivers and Syringe Driver combinations, Best practice in prescribing for symptom control at the end of life, Nurse prescribing within a hospice setting, Anticipatory prescribing and Prescribing within End of Life Care Clinics
Identify key strategies for improving non medical prescribing practice at the end of life
Develop your role and confidence as a nurse prescriber
Self assess, reflect and expand your skills in prescribing practice whilst understanding your limits of practice
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
