Services
4th Annual National Non Medical Prescribing Leads Conference
"How to Have Your Cake and Eat it" takes place on Thursday 14th October. This year the event is being held in the City Centre of Birmingham with easy access to the airport and train station. Rooms can be booked at the venue at a very reasonable rate of £66 per night (all necessary details are on the flyer).
As ever much thought and consideration has been given to the planning of this event, and the content is designed to give you a wide range of perspectives from a variety of excellent speakers. Our first speaker Peter Rowe is Chief Executive at NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan who has been asked by the Department of Health to identify potential savings in the area of medicines and prescription. He will share his perspective of how Non Medical Prescribing can assist in realising financial benefits for NHS Organisations.
Back to Basics
A friendly and relaxed 1/2 day workshop for up to 30 Community Practitioner Formulary Nurse Prescribers which provides a much needed update and aims to increase the confidence of those attending to ensure they are using their prescribing skills to maximise patient care. It can be booked locally, our trainer comes to your Trust which is not only convenient but cost effective in terms of staff travel expenses. Simply complete the application form and return, in order to secure your booking. This workshop can be adapted for independent and supplementary prescribers within acute and mental health care.
Clients who have commissioned Non Medical Prescribing updates from nmprescribing during 2009
South West Essex PCT
Liverpool Street Walk-in Centre
NHS Lincolnshire
Hampshire Community Health Care
Suffolk Community Health Care
South Downs NHS Trust
Portsmouth City Teaching PCT
Salford PCT
Buckinghamshire PCT
NHS Bedfordshire
Wolverhampton PCT
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
NHS South East Coast
Medway School of Pharmacy
We would like to thank all of our clients for commissioning our services during 2009
The services we offer include:
Information & Advice
We will provide information about the different models of Non Medical Prescribing including Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses, Pharmacists and Supplementary Prescribing for Optometrists, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists and Radiographers. We can also advise on the use of Patient Group Directions.
We will make suggestions on the feasibility of the development of Nurse and Pharmacist Independent Prescribing and Allied Health Professionals Supplementary Prescribing within your organisation.
We will provide support for building a business case for commissioning of services (of particular interest for NHS commissioning). This can be done in the form of a workshop if desired.
We will provide information for the selection of appropriately skilled staff to undertake the Non Medical Prescribing training.
We will audit the existing Non Medical Prescribing arrangement within your organisation and make recommendations to overcome barriers in its development, along with Individualised problem solving either within an organisation or for individual practitioners. This may be of particular interest to Mental Health Trusts who are stuggling to implement Independent Prescribing for nurses and pharmacists.
We will assist with and provide guidance for the identification of and liaison with other agencies and stakeholders where appropriate.
We will scope the provision of and advise on continued professional development for Non Medical Prescribers.
Process & Infrastructure
We will develop a robust, individualised and up-to-date Non Medical Prescribing policy for your organisation.
We will negotiate the contracting of and securing placements with, Higher Educational Institutions for candidates to undertake the Non Medical Prescribing training.
We will provide information and develop infrastructure for your organisation, to ensure that Non Medical Prescribers prescribe safely and effectively.
We will develop clinical governance structures to support Non Medical Prescribing within your organisation.
We will audit existing arrangements within your organisation and production of any necessary reports with recommendations.
We will develop audit tools to assist your organisations support on Non Medical Prescribing. For example auditing the Non Medical Prescribing activitiy within the secondary care environment.
We will provide guidance on the development of service level agreements for Non Medical Prescribing practice.
We will assist single handed self employed practitioners with necessary processes to enable them to implement Non Medical Prescribing for the benefit of their clients/patients e.g. physiotherapists, optometrists, pharmacists, podiatirsts and nurses. (Nurses who provide asthetic therapies like Botox may find this of particular interest).
We will assist with the facilitation of any groups or meetings in relation to Non Medical Prescribing.
We will assist in the planning, organising and delivery of Non Medical Prescribing conferences or workshops.
