Training for non-medical prescribers. Non-medical prescribing (NMP) is the term used to describe any prescribing completed by a healthcare professional other than a doctor or dentist.
The Practice Supervisor (PS) is a colleague in practice who must be able to provide guidance and supervision of your practice-based learning whilst you’re on the course. The PS must be someone with whom you normally work, and they must meet specific criteria as outlined by the HEI.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has created a Prescribing Competency Framework for all prescribers that has been designed to help maintain prescribing standards, inform education curricula and provide a source of recognised guidance for those involved in NMP.
Within the North of England, there are currently 21 HEIs that have been approved to deliver non-medical prescribing programmes. The Non-medical Prescribing HEI Information table below contains the names of the HEIs and includes core information including, the number of academic credits, the academic level (s), the number of face to face study days, ...