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Developing Your Role and Skills as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner
Preparing for the IETP reforms
Supporting all FY Pharmacists to gain Independent prescribing competence
The aim of the Designated Prescribing Practitioner role is
“to oversee, support and assess the competence of non-medical prescribing trainees, in collaboration with academic and workplace partners, during the period of learning in practice”
RPS
From 2025 under reforms to the Initial Education and Training of Pharmacists (IETP) all new graduate pharmacists will be independent prescribers but they will need a designated prescribing practitioner.
The conference will provide delegates with an update on implementing the RPS Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners.
“There simply aren't enough designated prescribing practitioners (DPPs) to meet the ambitious plans for more independent prescribers (IPs)… With an ever-increasing demand for DPPs for trainee independent prescribers (IPs), it’s hard to see how all sectors will cope with the supervision burden edging closer in 2026”
Danny Bartlett lead pharmacist at Horsham Central PCN, senior lecturer at the University of Brighton and English pharmacy board member at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
“For pharmacists, we need more DPPs so that we can enable more trainee pharmacist prescribers to achieve their learning outcomes and gain their prescribing competencies.”
Shy Teli chief pharmaceutical officer's clinical fellow at the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) Community and Pharmacy News 2024
Through national updates, expert sessions and practical case studies the conference will support you to develop or expand your role as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner, and support the development of effective pharmacist prescribing across your service. The conference will also discuss how becoming a DPP can enhance your role, and the benefits of non medical assessors in expanding pharmacist prescribing in organisations.
This conference will enable you to:
Network with colleagues who are working to improve training quality and safety of pharmacist prescribers
Learn from outstanding practice in delivering the role in practice
Reflect on national developments and learning including the RPS Competence Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners
Discuss the current shortage of DPPs in light of the IETP reforms which come into place in 2025/6
Developing your skills in supporting pharmacists training to deliver independent prescribing
Understand the required competencies to take on this role
Reflect on how becoming a DPP can enhance your own role as a pharmacist prescriber and support the expansion of pharmacist prescribing in your service
Develop your skills as a DPP
Understand how you can optimize the period of learning practice
Identify key strategies for coordinating support and ensuring effective governance of the DPP role
Understand how you can improve the learning environment
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
