Non - Medical Prescribing Update for Community Clinicians 18 November 2026

Date: 18 November 2026

Time: 09:00–16:00
CPD: 7 Participatory CPD Hours
Format: Live Webinar via zoom

This one-day prescribing update provides healthcare professionals with a practical review of current prescribing guidance, medicines optimisation and safe medication management in community practice.

Designed specifically for independent and supplementary prescribers, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and AHPs, the course focuses on prescribing challenges encountered in Primary Care Networks, Virtual Wards, Urgent Community Response, district nursing, care homes and other community services.

Using practical case studies, delegates will explore high-risk medicines, antimicrobial stewardship, diabetes, respiratory prescribing, dermatology, cardiovascular disease and hypertension.

Who Should Attend?

Suitable for:

• V100, V150 and V300 nurse prescribers
• Independent and supplementary prescribers
• Advanced Clinical Practitioners
• Community and District Nurses
• Virtual Ward and Urgent Community Response clinicians
• Pharmacists
• Palliative care and care-home teams
• Physiotherapists and MSK clinicians
• Nurses and AHPs working with medicines or PGDs

Course Programme

09:00–10:00 | High-Risk Medicines & Prescribing in Older People
Polypharmacy, frailty, renal impairment, high-risk medicines, pain management, medication-related deterioration and medicines reconciliation following hospital discharge.

10:00–11:00 | Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Community
Jeshni Amblum-Almer – Nurse Practitioner & Independent Prescriber
Latest antimicrobial prescribing guidance, UTI, respiratory and skin infections, renal considerations, antimicrobial resistance, sepsis and appropriate escalation.

11:00–11:15 | Break

11:15–12:15 | Diabetes Prescribing Update
Susan McWillaine – Nurse with a Specialist Interest in Diabetes
Diabetes medicines, insulin safety, hypoglycaemia, SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1 therapies, sick-day management, renal impairment, frailty and acute illness.

12:15–13:00 | Lunch

13:00–14:00 | Asthma & COPD Prescribing Update
Ameet Gordhan – Respiratory Pharmacist
Current asthma and COPD guidance, inhaler optimisation, corticosteroids, reliever overuse, exacerbation management and medicines optimisation.

14:00–15:00 | Dermatology Prescribing & Darker Skin Tones
Dr Varun Kumar – GP Registrar with a Special Interest in Dermatology
Topical corticosteroids, emollients, eczema, common skin infections, antimicrobial stewardship and recognising skin conditions across different skin tones.

15:00–16:00 | Cardiovascular Disease & Hypertension Prescribing Update
Current approaches to hypertension and cardiovascular risk management, including antihypertensive medicines, ACE inhibitors/ARBs, calcium-channel blockers, diuretics, statins, antiplatelets and anticoagulants. Includes renal and electrolyte monitoring, postural hypotension, frailty and cardiovascular polypharmacy.

Practical, Case-Based Prescribing Training

Throughout the day, delegates will work through realistic community scenarios involving acute kidney injury, dehydration, polypharmacy, infection, diabetes, respiratory deterioration, hypertension, anticoagulation and medication-related falls.

The focus is on practical decision-making: Should I prescribe, continue, adjust or withhold the medicine? What monitoring is required? Could medication be contributing to deterioration? When should I escalate?