Event Details
Driving Forward Independent Prescribing Practices
What is it about?
This online conference will help you to overcome the barriers caused by Covid-19, tackling the challenges of polypharmacy and combatting the mounting pressures facing you and your colleagues. Attend this forum and log off feeling motivated and armed with best practice procedures.
- Online forum is the equivalent to 5 hours Continuing Professional Development
Why should you attend?
Attend this online NHS event from the comfort of your own home, update your best practice and focus on all aspects of independent prescribing, plus benefit from:
- Meeting each other – turning on your videos and microphones in the breakout rooms
- Listening and watching presentations and speakers’ Q&A – in the main conference room with a chair
- Taking part in facilitated interactive sessions – enabled by moderators in the breakout rooms
- Feedbacking and engaging – using the chat box and moderators sharing content in the main conference room
Key learning outcomes
Take away practical approaches to your challenges and progress the necessary advances in your service by focussing on:
- Evaluating the effect of Covid-19 antibiotic resistance and how you can make a positive difference
- Streamlining your prescription procedures during times of high demand
- Ensuring collaboration between secondary and primary services to improve efficiency
- Optimising your virtual prescribing to ensure timely access to medicine
- Delivering safe and effective medication reviews to improve patients quality of care
- Building your legal competencies and responsibilities to avoid common errors
Who should attend?
Whether you are an independent prescriber or want to know how independent prescribing can be developed in your practice area, this forum will develop your knowledge and learning, and is designed for:
- Established Independent Prescribers
- Aspiring Independent Prescribers
- Non-medical prescribers
- Newly Qualified Independent Prescribers
- All Service Leads
Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities
Have you considered sponsoring this day? Our events are carefully crafted and through our rigorous research we focus on and address the specific themes and topics that are driving the NHS forward. Please contact sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk for further details.
Working with your association or network
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Past events
Attendees from ‘Non-Medical Prescribing: National Update’, September 2019 described the day as “An informative and empowering day, packed with experienced speakers who shared real life experiences of personal journey through practice as NMPs “ and “A really good conference. Very informative and a great refresh on legal and ethical issues”
Hear first-hand experiences about the future of the independent prescribing pathway, learn tactics of how to reactivate good prescribing habits and improve patient health literacy.
| 9.00 | Join, tech support and opportunity to network in your meeting room |
| 9.30 | Introduction, instructions and chair’s opening remarks Jane Portlock, Professor of Pharmacy Postgraduate Education, Director of Pharmacy, University of Sussex |
National updates for 2021 | |
| 9.40 | Standards for prescribing programmes: becoming ‘prescribing ready’ How will prescribing develop and grow in line with the national initiatives? Demonstrating the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to become a prescriber Ensuring you can demonstrate competency and understand your prescribing limits Claire May, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, University of Sussex |
| 10.10 | Managing the pressures of independent prescribing and ensuring effective support networks Recognising and overcoming the challenges of prescribing under the pressures of the pandemic Case study examples to ensure that your services can support you in your role as a prescriber Improving collaborative working with your Designated Prescribing Practitioner and assessor Kat Hall, Director-Centre for Inter-Professional PG Education & Training (CIPPET), University of Reading |
| 10.40 | Question and answer session Kat Hall, Director-Centre for Inter-Professional PG Education & Training (CIPPET), University of Reading Claire May, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, University of Sussex |
| 10.50 | Interactive discussion session: How can your service optimise their virtual prescribing? In small groups to discuss and share your experiences on this important topic with your fellow attendees |
| 11.10 | Screen break |
| 11.20 | Interactive discussion session feedback: How can your service optimise their virtual prescribing? Moderators will go on screen to feedback what has been discussed and learnt in the individual breakout rooms. Whilst the presenters are speaking, you can feedback your comments and questions using the chat box function. |
Improving prescribing practices | |
| 11.30 | Guidance for structured medication reviews and medicines optimisation A national process for conducting medication review and medicines reconciliation How to prioritise complex or problematic polypharmacy, care homes and housebound patients Adopting the ‘detect, protect and perfect’ in primary settings to optimise treatment pathways: reducing inequalities and managing long-term conditions Lizzie Corteville, Locality Lead Pharmacist, West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group |
| 12.00 | Improving patient centred care by prioritising health literacy Health Literacy in the context of COVID-19: Are people thinking and behaving differently in relation to their health? How can healthcare professionals help patients with limited health literacy to understand and act on health information? Case study: working collaboratively in primary care settings to improve health literacy Dr Mike Oliver, Chartered Psychologist, Registered Health Psychologist |
| 12.30 | Q&A session Lizzie Corteville, Locality Lead Pharmacist, West Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group Dr Mike Oliver, Chartered Psychologist, Registered Health Psychologist |
| 12.40 | Interactive discussion session: Developing practical approaches to deprescribing to improve patient outcomes Opportunity for attendees to share their experiences in meeting rooms, then return to the main conference to feedback via the chat function. |
| 1.00 | Screen break |
| 1.30 | Interactive discussion session feedback: Developing practical approaches to deprescribing to improve patient outcomes Moderators will go on screen to feedback what has been discussed and learnt in the individual breakout rooms. Whilst the presenters are speaking, you can feedback your comments and questions using the chat box function. |
Legal issues and clinical negligence | |
| 1.40 | Exploring the legal aspects of prescribing to avoid errors Clarification of legal aspects of non-medical prescribing How to manage mistakes: knowing the next steps and learning from errors Exploring examples that incurred legal actions and investigating the outcomes Rachael Davis, Legal Officer & Solicitor, Legal Services, Royal College of Nursing |
| 2.10 | Interactive discussion session: How to avoid regular errors which can lead to referral to the NMC? In small groups to discuss and share your experiences on this important topic with your fellow attendees |
| 2.30 | Screen break |
| 2.40 | Interactive discussion session feedback: How to avoid regular errors which can lead to referral to the NMC? Moderators will go on screen to feedback what has been discussed and learnt in the individual breakout rooms. Whilst the presenters are speaking, you can feedback your comments and questions using the chat box function. |
| 2.50 | Tackling professional challenges and maintaining competencies Royal Pharmaceutical Society Competency frameworks and keeping competencies up-to-date What do the standards mean for IPs? Ensuring that you’re up-to-date and fully competent Ensuring you can demonstrate competency and understanding your prescribing limits Fiona Peniston-Bird, Prescribing Programme Lead for Nurses, Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Greenwich |
| 3.20 | Q&A session Fiona Peniston-Bird, Prescribing Programme Lead for Nurses, Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Greenwich Rachael Davis, Legal Officer & Solicitor, Legal Services, Royal College of Nursing |
| 3.30 | Chair’s final remarks and close of conference |
Pairing exciting case studies with interactive sessions, your speakers for this insightful forum include:
Jane Portlock
Kat Hall
Rachael Davis
Liz Corteville
Fiona Peniston-Bird
Mike Oliver
Claire May
Pricing Structure
This pricing structure applies across this conference and related events
- £299 + VAT one NHS or public sector place
- £249 + VAT (each) for two or three NHS or public sector places
- £599 + VAT one commercial organisation place
- Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day please contact sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk for further details.
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Reservations
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Terms & Conditions
Travel
Travel is not included in the conference fee. It is the responsibility of each delegate to make their way to the conference venue in adequate time. The conference organisers are not liable for any delays or non-attendance resulting from delayed or suspended transportation.
Cancellations
A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received in writing 28 days before the date of the event (less £90 administration charge). Notice of cancellation must be received in writing and submitted by contacting us here. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. You are still entitled to conference documentation in the event of cancellation.
Substitutions & Name Changes
Substitutions for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time. To inform us of a name change, please contact us here. It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the venue, content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the conference format will not constitute a reason to refund the conference fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.
Certification of Attendance
A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to each participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.
Fee
Registration fees are payable in advance. The fee includes documentation, refreshments and lunch, it does not include travel costs or accommodation. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, delegates without proof of payment will be asked for either a credit card guarantee on the day or to sign a proof of attendance form.
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Additional Documentation
If you are unable to attend or would like to pick up an additional set of documentation on the day, the event documentation is available for purchase at £89 per set.