Non-medical prescribing (NMP) is the term used to describe any prescribing completed by a healthcare professional other than a doctor or dentist.
What are the benefits to non-medical prescribing?
NMP has an important role to play in transformation of services and therefore programmes to provide training to eligible healthcare professionals are essential to meet the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan. NMP has demonstrated great impact for patient care in terms of access, expertise and economic benefit. Consequently, investing in NMP is seen as ‘an investment to save’ and encouraging NMP capacity is seen as a vital upskilling priority and features as a key enabler in the planning and delivery of new care models and transforming care.
NMP training can support role and career development by enabling practitioners to take on greater responsibilities for managing patient care. NMP enhances patient care by supporting patients’ timely access to treatment with medicines, enabling choice whilst helping to reduce waiting times, reduce hospital admissions and maximising the wider skills of the healthcare team ( NHSE)
The Department of Health specify which registered professionals can become non-medical prescribers. At present the eligible professionals included are:
-Independent and supplementary prescribers
– Nurses/Midwives
– Pharmacists
– Physiotherapists
– Podiatrist
– Paramedics
– Optometrists
– Therapeutic Radiographers
Supplementary prescribers only
– Diagnostic Radiographers
– Dieticians
Funding
Applications for NHSE funding via DTH for Non-Medical Prescribing places for 2024-25 academic year have now closed.
If you wish to be considered for future funding via DTH, please complete this form and information will be circulated as soon as it is available . We anticipate this will be around April 2025.
Professions eligible to apply for funding:- Registered Nurse/ Pharmacist/ Paramedic/ Dietician /Podiatrist, working in General Practice in Devon
Please contact devon.traininghub@nhs.net if you have any queries.
