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Designated Prescribing Practitioner: Supporting Pharmacist to become Independent Prescribers

Thu, 30 Jan 2025

Virtual, Online

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Developing Your Role and Skills as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner
Preparing for the IETP reforms
Supporting all FY Pharmacists to gain Independent prescribing competence

The aim of the Designated Prescribing Practitioner role is

“to oversee, support and assess the competence of non-medical prescribing trainees, in collaboration with academic and workplace partners, during the period of learning in practice”

RPS

From 2025 under reforms to the Initial Education and Training of Pharmacists (IETP) all new graduate pharmacists will be independent prescribers but they will need a designated prescribing practitioner.

The conference will provide delegates with an update on implementing the RPS Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners.

“There simply aren't enough designated prescribing practitioners (DPPs) to meet the ambitious plans for more independent prescribers (IPs)… With an ever-increasing demand for DPPs for trainee independent prescribers (IPs), it’s hard to see how all sectors will cope with the supervision burden edging closer in 2026”

Danny Bartlett lead pharmacist at Horsham Central PCN, senior lecturer at the University of Brighton and English pharmacy board member at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

“For pharmacists, we need more DPPs so that we can enable more trainee pharmacist prescribers to achieve their learning outcomes and gain their prescribing competencies.”

Shy Teli chief pharmaceutical officer's clinical fellow at the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Community and Pharmacy News 2024

Through national updates, expert sessions and practical case studies the conference will support you to develop or expand your role as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner, and support the development of effective pharmacist prescribing across your service. The conference will also discuss how becoming a DPP can enhance your role, and the benefits of non medical assessors in expanding pharmacist prescribing in organisations.

This conference will enable you to:

  • Network with colleagues who are working to improve training quality and safety of pharmacist prescribers

  • Learn from outstanding practice in delivering the role in practice

  • Reflect on national developments and learning including the RPS Competence Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners

  • Discuss the current shortage of DPPs in light of the IETP reforms which come into place in 2025/6

  • Developing your skills in supporting pharmacists training to deliver independent prescribing

  • Understand the required competencies to take on this role

  • Reflect on how becoming a DPP can enhance your own role as a pharmacist prescriber and support the expansion of pharmacist prescribing in your service

  • Develop your skills as a DPP

  • Understand how you can optimize the period of learning practice

  • Identify key strategies for coordinating support and ensuring effective governance of the DPP role

  • Understand how you can improve the learning environment

  • Self assess and reflect on your own practice

  • Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

Speakers include:

Dr Andrea Hilton

Reader, Research Lead - Paramedical, Perioperative and Advanced Practice
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Hull

Ms Sally Gilborson

Non-Medical Prescribing Lead and Contributor, NHS England Prescribing and Support Assurance Framework 2024
Also Committee Member, Association for Prescribers
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Rowan Yemm

Programme Director, Pharmacist Independent Prescribing
School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cardiff University

Danny Bartlett

Clinical Lead Pharmacist
Primary Care School Kent Surrey and Sussex
NHS England - South West

Exhibition & Sponsorship Packages

This conference offers a valuable opportunity for industry suppliers to personally meet with their target audience where they will have time to talk and demonstrate the benefits of their products. High quality specialist audiences make having a presence at our events a highly targeted and cost effective marketing channel.

Why Exhibit?

Having a presence at this event will give you the opportunity to:

  • Demonstrate your product, system or service
  • Network and engage with your key audience  
  • Generate new business leads
  • Gain exposure for your brand and raise the profile of your organisation
  • Understand the current needs of your audience and challenges they’re facing
  • Update your knowledge of national policy and local developments  

Enquire

Contact Sarah Jane for exhibition and sponsorship prices, or to discuss a tailored package to suit your needs and budget.

Fee Options

Virtual NHS, Schools, Care and Public Sector

£295.00

(£354.00)

Virtual Voluntary sector & charities

£250.00

(£300.00)

Virtual Commercial organisations

£495.00

(£594.00)

(Prices in brackets include VAT)

Discounts

Additional delegate discount:

A discount of 15% will be applied to fees for any extra delegates.

Online discount:

A discount of 10% will be applied if you pay using the website.

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