Education & Events
Prescribing Update for the Non-Medical Team
Event Summary
Target audience: clinical grades only. All allied health professionals working in primary care. Non-medical prescribers, those currently developing a portfolio to establish competency and those AHPs with an interest in this field of clinical practice.
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Event Speakers & Trainers
Log into Zoom 12:15 session runs 12:30 to 14:00
Introduction
Target audience: clinical grades only. All allied health professionals working in primary care. Non-medical prescribers, those currently developing a portfolio to establish competency and those AHPs with an interest in this field of clinical practice.
Aims
The aim is to update and refresh non-medical prescribers around all aspects of their role.
Content
- MHRA up-date
- Specialist Pharmacy Service review
- Misuse of medication
- Buying medication (all sources)
- Selling prescription-only medication
- Clinical management of patients selling their medication
- Top tips
Outcomes
- Awareness of drug shortages
- Understanding of current medicines alerts
- Identify & provide support for patients experiencing addiction to prescribed medication
- Undertaking pain medication reviews
- Develop prescribing strategies
- Contribute to multi-agency approach to governance
- Understanding of legal framework
Previous Delegate Feedback
"A really good presenter - interactive and full of enthusiasm. He didn't talk too fast and everything was explained fully with audience participation."
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Event Speakers & Trainers
Ewan is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, based in primary care since 2016, and a paramedic by registration. He has worked across a number of sectors in the health service including the emergency services, Accident and Emergency, community setting and latterly, primary care where he has worked with the GP Forward View team in the North West region and set up a peer support group for paramedics.
Ewan holds a joint honours Degree in Education and European Studies, Master’s Degrees in Human Resource Management and Advanced Clinical Practice, a post graduate Diploma in Professional Education and has recently been awarded his Post Graduate Diploma in diabetes management. He was also one of the first paramedics in the UK to be awarded non‑medical prescribing rights and is currently the first contact practitioner & advanced practitioner lead for primary care at the Cheshire & Merseyside training hub.
Price List
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Name |
Description |
Price (Inc VAT) |
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All GPs and members of staff working within GP practices in Wessex LMCs’ catchment area |
This option is for everyone working in a GP practice in Wessex LMC's catchment area, that does not fit into one of the other options on offer. |
£30.00 |
| Dorset Nurses & AHPs | We are delighted that, thanks to the Dorset Primary Training Hub, and to NHSE’s Investment in Continual Professional Development, certain eligible roles such as Nurses and Allied Health Professionals can attend fully funded. Enter the discount code when booking. (Contact lead@wessexlmcs.org.uk if you have not received the code). NB this discount code will no longer work if all the free places have already been booked up. | £00.00 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight Nurses & AHPs | Thanks to the HIOW Primary Care Training Hub and to NHSE Investment in Continual Professional Development, certain eligible roles such as Nurses and Allied Health Professionals can attend fully funded | £00.00 |
| BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinicians (excluding GPs & HCAs) | Thanks to the BSW Primary Care Training Hub and to the NHSE Investment in Continual Professional Development, some clinical roles can attend fully funded. These may include Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and HCAs. | £00.00 |
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Non Members |
This is the cost if you are not working in a practice in the Wessex LMCs' catchment area. | £60.00 |
Waiting List
Please be advised there are spaces available on this course unless it states otherwise. If a course is full you will be given the option to book on the waiting list. If you are on the waiting list and a place becomes available, you will be notified automatically via email, you do NOT need to contact Wessex LMCs.
Refunds
All delegate fees are non-refundable, however, if it has been agreed that a refund is possible, it will be subject to an administration charge of £5 for delegate fees of £100 or less, or £10 for delegate fees more than £100.
Attendance Details
In certain circumstances, we will share details of attendance or non-attendance with the person who booked and/or funded this course for the delegate. If you have any objection to your attendance status being shared, please can you contact Louise Greenwood (Wessex LMCs Director of Education & Training) at least 48 hours before the start of the training at louise.greenwood@wessexlmcs.org.uk
Sponsorship
This event may be sponsored so companies have the opportunity to promote their product(s) at the start of the meeting. No sponsors have been involved in the selection of speakers, agenda items, or any other matters relating to this training. Your name and practice will be shared with the sponsor representative, but not your email address.
