Non-Medical Prescribing Update 20 March 2025
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📅 Date: 20 March 2025 ⏰ Time: 13:00 – 17:00 📍 Format: Live Interactive Webinar
Medication Errors & Litigation Claims
- Understanding common prescribing errors and their causes
- High-risk medications: anticoagulants, insulin, opioids, and antibiotics
- Legal & litigation risks: How medication errors impact clinical practice
- Real-world case studies: Lessons from prescribing errors in primary care
Prescribing Updates & Regulatory Changes
- BNF & MHRA Safety Alerts – Key updates for 2025
- Latest NICE guidelines for prescribing (cardiovascular, antimicrobial stewardship, pain management)
- Controlled drug prescribing changes: Legal and ethical implications
- Practical case discussions: How to integrate new prescribing guidance
Auditing Prescribing Practices & Clinical Governance
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Opioid prescribing
- Using audit results to improve prescribing decisions and minimise risk
Clinical Decision-Making & Polypharmacy
- Managing multi-morbidity & polypharmacy using STOPP/START criteria
- Deprescribing strategies: When and how to reduce medication burden safely
- High-risk drug interactions in elderly, renal, and liver-impaired patients
- Interactive case-based discussion: Practical prescribing scenarios
New Prescribing Rules for Weight-Loss Medications (Wegovy, Mounjaro) Speaker : Rajen Patel GPHC|
- Overview of weight-loss drugs: Wegovy (Semaglutide) and Mounjaro (Tirzepatide)
- New GPhC regulations for online prescribing
- Common prescribing errors: Incorrect patient selection and dosing risks
- Best practice safeguards for prescribers:
- GPhC Online Guidance Update February 2025 – Guidance for registered pharmacies providing pharmacy services at a distance, including on the internet.
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) are responsible for regulating registered pharmacies and registered pharmacy professional. The guidance for providing pharmacy services at a distance, including online, has been updated in February 2025 to strengthen the safeguards that we expect registered pharmacies to have to make sure services are provided safely and effectively. The session will focus on the key changes to the guidance with emphasis on providing a weight-loss service at a distance. The session will be led by Rajan Patel who is a Regional Manager and Inspector for the GPhC.
16:45 – 17:00 | Q&A & Action Planning Recap of key learning points Developing an individual prescribing improvement plan Resources for ongoing CPD & professional development (BNF, NICE, CPD platforms)
Certification 4 CPD Hours
CPD Certificate of Attendance (meets the annual prescribing update requirement) Prescribing update webinar 2025 Annual prescribing update for healthcare professionals Medication errors and prescribing safetyNew NICE guidelines for prescribing 2025 BNF and MHRA updates 2025 Weight-loss drugs prescribing regulations (Wegovy, Mounjaro) Online prescribing training for GPs and pharmacists Managing poly pharmacy and high-risk drugs Auditing prescribing practices for patient safety CPD prescribing course for nurses, pharmacists, and PAs
- 5Antimicrobial Prescribing1hr
This 1-hour webinar will provide an essential update on antimicrobial prescribing, focusing on the NICE and UKHSA Antimicrobial Prescribing Guidelines (APG) – December 2024. The session will summarize key changes from the NICE/UKHSA Summary Table, highlight current best practices, and address common pitfalls in antimicrobial prescribing. Attendees will be equipped with up-to-date knowledge on managing infections, reducing inappropriate prescribing, and improving patient safety
- 6Antimicrobial Stewardship1hr
This session discusses antibiotics and resistance.
- 7Antimicrobials MCQ3 questions
- 10GINA Guidelines and Prescribing in Asthma30 min
- 11December 2024 GINA Guidelines for Asthma1hr
These are the latest sumamry guidelines form December 2024.
- 12MCQ: Asthma December 2024 GINA Guidelines3 questionsThis quiz explore the latest guidelines using a case study approach. Scroll to bottom of page to complete.
This is a live webinar delievred via zoom on 20 March 2025 from 13h00 - 17h00.
Recording is available for one month for delegates registered on the course.
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