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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.
“It is about taking the time to understand as either soon to be NMP’s, current NMP’s or soon to be DPP’s or current DPP’s how we can undertake this role”
Kirsty Fishburn Module Leader for Nurse Non-Medical Prescribing & Mental Health Programme Director University of Hull August 2023
The value of advanced clinical practice in the delivery of mental healthcare has long been recognised as occupying a unique space in holistic patient care.
Professor Mark Radford Chief Nurse and Deputy Chief Executive (External) NHS England 2022
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to develop their skills in non medical prescribing practice in a mental health setting
Reflect on the lived experience
Learn from outstanding practice in improving 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, older people with frailty, Dementia, 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
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
