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The 2026 Nurse Prescribing Leadership Summit, which is now in its tenth year, will take place virtually and will bring together Nurse Prescribers to understand current issues and the national context, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas they are facing in practice. This CPD certified conference provides a unique opportunity to learn from the experiences of other nurse prescribers and develop your skills as an effective Nurse Prescriber. The programme will focus on developing your skills, competence and confidence in Nurse Prescribing. Through national updates, practical case studies and a choice of interactive workshops the conference aims to support you to improve both prescribing practice and patient care, and provide networking opportunities with nurses who are prescribing in your clinical specialty. The conference will enable you to define your personal prescribing formulary, and aligning it with your knowledge and competence within the clinical area in which you practice to improve patient care in line with the ambitions of the 2025 ten year plan for health;
“In the past few decades, the range of clinical tasks done by nurses has increased to include prescribing, some diagnosis and assessment, management of complex wounds and administration of intravenous therapies. Beyond that, nursing has evolved into a more autonomous role. Advanced nursing and midwifery practitioners provide clinical leadership across the multi-disciplinary team, making independent and complex decisions. Building on these foundations, we will develop advanced practice models for nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals (AHPs) that are aligned to the delivery of our 3 shifts, reflecting their essential leadership roles in a range of settings, including community and public health services.”
Fit for the Future 10 Year Plan for Health 2025
“Nurse prescribing in the UK is well established .. Evidence of improvements in access, patient safety and patient-centred care continue to strengthen the foundations underpinning the success of this practice.”
RCN
The conference will open with an update on the NMC Advanced Practice Principles. The principles have now published and outline what’s expected of registered nurses and midwives who are taking on complex, autonomous and expert roles commonly referred to as ‘advanced practice’ including Nurse Prescribing.
Extended interactive workshops will this year focus on using the Revised National Prescribing Competency Framework, Designated Prescribing Practitioners, Clinical Leadership and Prescribing for Pain. Extended sessions will focus on the role the NMP Lead, Understanding clinical pharmacology as a Nurse Prescriber, understanding frailty & polypharmacy, medication safety & learning from medication errors, and there will be an extended focus on confidence and competence in Nurse Prescribing practice. The conference will also update delegates on governance of prescribing including the NHS England Prescribing and Support Assurance Framework
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to deliver effective Nurse Prescribing Practice
Learn from outstanding practice in improving patient care through nurse prescribing
Reflect on national and international developments in nurse prescribing including the 2025 NMC Advanced Practice Principles
Enable you to define your personal prescribing formulary, and aligning it with your knowledge and competence within the clinical area in which you practice.
Understand the implications of the NHS England and HCPC National Prescribing and Support Assurance Framework
Improve the way prescribing competence is developed through the Revised National Prescribing Competence Framework
Develop your skills and competence in Nurse Prescribing
Understand how you can improve understanding and prescribing for people with co-morbidity
Identify key strategies for developing your skills in prescribing for pain
Develop your clinical leadership skills
Improve your understanding of clinical pharmacology
Increase knowledge around deprescribing and medication management
Understand why medication errors occur and how you can prevent them
Develop your knowledge of human factors and how a human factors approach can improve the safety of Nurse Prescribing
Understand the role of the Designated Prescribing Practitioner
Self assess, audit and reflect on your own 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
