Non-Medical Prescribing Update in Primary Care

• Purpose and scope of the prescribing update
• Professional accountability and governance
• Prescribing within scope of competence
• Current pressures and risks in prescribing practice

• Changes in prescribing expectations and environments
• Managing increasing complexity and workload
• Digital systems, remote prescribing, and safety considerations
• Responding to evolving guidance and best practice

• Structured consultation models for prescribers
• Shared decision-making and informed consent
• Managing uncertainty and risk
• Documentation and defensible prescribing

• Common prescribing errors and near misses
• High-risk medicines and safety considerations
• Monitoring, follow-up, and review
• Responding to safety incidents and learning from error

• Principles of responsible antimicrobial prescribing
• Managing patient expectations
• Reducing inappropriate prescribing
• Primary Care role in antimicrobial resistance

• Prescribing in older adults and complex patients
• Medicines review and deprescribing principles
• Balancing benefit, burden, and risk
• Working with MDTs and pharmacy services

• Using the prescribing competency framework
• Reflecting on personal prescribing boundaries
• Maintaining competence and CPD evidence
• Preparing for appraisal, revalidation, and employer assurance

• Real-world prescribing scenarios
• Ethical and professional challenges
• Managing disagreement or uncertainty
• Peer discussion and reflective learning

All courses are developed and delivered by experienced healthcare professionals with current or recent clinical experience in Primary Care and long-term condition management. Trainers are appropriately qualified and maintain up-to-date knowledge in line with national guidance. Course content and curriculum are subject to regular review to ensure they remain evidence based, aligned to national standards, and reflective of current best practice at the time of delivery.