Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists at De Montfort University

Programme overview

This course will help you to learn about the many facets of prescribing, including clinical skills, clinical reasoning, consultation skills, communication skills, the psychology of prescribing and the legal and ethical considerations when prescribing.

Faculty: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences | Duration: 6 months with the opportunity to submit all work within 4 months as a 'fast-track' option. There is also the option of carrying out the course over a 12-month period of time. | Intake: September 2026, January 2027 | Location: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Career pathways

Upon successful completion of this course you will be awarded a Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing, which will allow you to apply to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) for your register entry to be annotated to that of a prescriber. You will then be able to work as a pharmacist independent prescriber.

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Entry requirements

Applicants need to be registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or, in Northern Ireland, with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI); Applicants should be in good standing with the GPhC and/or PSNI and any other healthcare regulator with which they are registered; Applicants should hold a third-class honours (3rd) or above in Pharmacy or equivalent degree qualification; Applicants must have relevant experience in a UK pharmacy setting and be able to recognise, understand and articulate the skills and attributes required by a prescriber to act as the foundation of their prescribing practice whilst training; Applicants should undertake their learning in practice in the UK or Northern Ireland; For the purposes of developing their independent prescribing practice applicants must identify an area of clinical or therapeutic practice on which to base their learning.

Intake: September 2026, January 2027

Duration: 6 months with the opportunity to submit all work within 4 months as a 'fast-track' option. There is

Apply through the official page: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-courses/practice-certificate-in-independent-prescribing/how-to-apply.aspx

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