Interactive forums Independent Prescribing
Tue 26 Apr 2022 09:00-15:30
Online Workshop

With thought provoking presentations and stimulating interactive sessions, this informative and educational NHS workshop is the ideal forum to learn about the legalities for independent prescribing, increase your understanding of recent legislative changes and arm you with the knowledge to protect yourself from common errors.

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Legal Implications and Fitness to Practice for Independent Prescribers
Online 5 hours From £299+VAT

5 hours Continuing Professional Development: what you will learn

Secure your place today at this virtual workshop to benefit from peer-to-peer advice on improving prescribing and ensuring that you can consistently deliver safe, professional and ethical care. Improve your understanding of:

  • Legal and ethical implications for independent prescribing
  • Clinical negligence and improving your duty of care
  • Responsibilities around mental capacity and informed decision making
  • Support and education provided from regulatory bodies
  • Avoiding referrals and hearings through improved knowledge of prescribing errors
  • Building competencies and prescribing mindfully

Attend this online NHS workshop from the comfort of your own home

Take away useful techniques and new skills to use in your day-to-day work routine:

  • Evidenced based examples and referrals: providing appropriate, relevant support and sign posting
  • Interactive presentations: your concerns addressed with sensitivity and care
  • Closed room discussions: benchmark and engage with your fellow attendees
  • Agreed action plan: leave the workshop with the confidence to make changes
9:30
Join, tech support and opportunity to network in breakout rooms
10:00
Introduction, instructions and leader’s opening remarks
Join, tech support and opportunity to network in breakout rooms
Relevant legislation and regulatory standards for independent prescribers
  • Understanding fundamental ethical and legal principles
  • What legislation covers the work of independent prescribers?
  • Exploring the code of conduct and relevant guidance
Interactive discussion: How do you obtain consent? How do you evidence this and why is this so important?
Main legal areas that all independent prescribers need to be aware of
  • Consent, duty of care and mental capacity
  • What is clinical negligence and what does it mean for independent prescribers?
  • The inquest process: what to expect and when to seek advice?
Interactive discussion: Drafting a witness statement for the inquest process- what should you include?
Understanding the referral process
The fitness to practise process
  • Who are the NMC and what do they do?
  • The NMC fitness to practise process- what does a referral look like?
  • The reflective piece- why is this so important in a fitness to practise referral?
Interactive discussion: Who refers independent prescribers to the NMC and for what reasons?
Case study session: How to avoid regular errors which can lead to referral to the NMC
  • Which regular errors often lead to referrals?
  • Explore the issues raised in record keeping and prescribing outside competencies
  • Discover case study examples of NMC referrals: what would you do differently?
3:20
Question, answer and final discussion session
3:30
Close of workshop

Share in first-hand experience

Improve your knowledge of the legal implications and medical errors in independent prescribing with your experienced course leader:

Nick Cheesman
Job Title:
Legal Officer & Solicitor
Organisation
Legal Services, Royal College of Nursing
Biography

Nick is a solicitor and has been practising in the area of regulatory law concerning health and social care since 2014. Nick has been at the RCN since February 2016 and specialises in representing members subject to regulatory proceedings with the NMC as well as inquests and criminal proceedings. Nick has also recently taken the national lead in assisting RCN members in matters concerning the CQC.

Pricing Structure

  • £349 + VAT for one NHS or public sector place
  • £299 + VAT (each) for two or three NHS or public sector places
  • £599 + VAT for one commercial organisation place

You or a colleague can claim the £299 + VAT NHS discount, for booking two or more places across this and any other subsequent event, providing the same pricing structure applies. Click here to view the full list of up and coming events.

Commercial companies are also invited to sponsor this day. Please email Sarah Kemm for further details.

Reservations

You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding

If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:

  • Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
  • Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
  • Organisation details: name and address

Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team 

How this online forum will work

Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online conference taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the conference.

If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.

Practice sessions are available and you will be sent an invitation to join one of our delegate practice sessions. These are optional but great if you are unsure of whether your camera and microphone will work on Zoom. We hold several one hour practice sessions across the week when a member of SBK Healthcare staff will be waiting in Zoom to assist you. Please do pop in, say hello and make sure you are all set for the day.

On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the conference by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. In groups of between 6-10 people, you will be admitted into the main conference room to be greeted by a member of SBK staff. In the same group you will be taken into a breakout room and asked to turn on your video and microphone. A member of the SBK team will get your group started with some orientation tasks and ‘ice breaker’ topics, before leaving you to network.

When you are automatically brought back into the conference room for the start of the conference, you will be asked to turn off your camera and microphone so that the chair can start the forum. During each presentation you will be able to ask questions in the chat box function. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.

Click here to view the specially created a 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.

Terms and conditions

Certification of attendance

A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.

Registration fees

You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.

Modify registration

To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.

Cancellations and substitutions

A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.

Event changes

It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.

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Expected attendees

If you are an independent prescriber this forum will develop your knowledge and is designed for:

  • Established Independent Prescribers
  • Aspiring Independent Prescribers
  • Newly Qualified Independent Prescribers
  • All Service Leads

Past attendee feedback

With over 5 years’ experience of running both face–to-face and online courses for NHS independent prescribers, we are proud to share just some feedback from previous courses

‘A huge amount of information, well presented.’

Birmingham Woman's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

‘Very informative’

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

'Excellent content and beyond excellent support/communication from SBK’

Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge

'Timely, informative and useful’

Swanscombe and Bean Partnership

An online forum like no other…

A live event that will feature leading presentations, interactive breakout rooms, and compelling Q&A discussions

As a sponsor you will have the opportunity to present your product or service, be a ‘face’ of the event and meet your audience face-to-face to discuss their experiences, interests and key concerns.

To find out more about sponsorship contact Sarah Kemm on 01732 897788 or you can email Sarah. Your organisation could be sponsoring this forum today!

Branding, marketing and education opportunities include...

  • Your organisation featuring on this forum website as ‘sponsored by’; including your logo, promotional text and links to your URL
  • 5 minutes presentation time during the main conference and taking part in the related speaker Q&A
  • Unique opportunity for the sponsored presenter to moderate one of the interactive breakout rooms
  • Additional company representatives can attend the online conference and meet the attendees during the interactive sessions in the breakout rooms
  • Your logo or company name will be included in all correspondence we send to registrations and all promotional emails sent out when marketing
  • Your support and sponsorship will be recognised when you are thanked at the opening and closing of the online forum as well as your logo featuring on the opening and closing slides
  • All sponsors will receive a copy of the registration and attendee list
  • Plus: a one-off option to add your question to the registration form, asking if attendees would like to share their email address with you so you can keep them informed after the online forum

Sponsor this forum and be part of a quality interactive event...

But don't take our word for it. We have had some excellent feedback from attendees to the forums that have been held to date:

"Forum was managed extremely well, and very professional"

IAPT National Networking Online Forum 2021 - 21st January 2021

“I am sure like everyone else I was apprehensive with going online, not sure how we could network, the ability for all participant's to participate and the quality of the presentations - all my fears were diminished this turned in to be a great day, networking, leading and sharing still occurred and links still formed. The presentations were excellent and the quality of the forum and set up great and so easy to follow and timing excellent.”

Reduce Paediatric Emergency Attendance Online Conference – 8th October 2020

“The conference has been far more engaging than in a conference centre. This I think is because of the ability to participate in chat throughout and the use of the breakout discussions.” “Excellent day! Organisation was great - loved the break out rooms for chat. Virtual chat added another really useful way to interact during the day, which isn't available to us at the physical conferences.”

Leading Change in Clinical Coding Online Conference - 11th September 2020

"Very informative, lots of opportunity for discussions and very well organised virtually"

Providing Support for Children on Long Term Ventilation - Tuesday 9th March 2021

"I enjoyed the group chats networking listening to others experiences, I also like that there was a lead on each group so the chats were influenced and no awkward silences that can occur on web meets. I thought the larger talks were really good and easy to listen to."

Modernising Outpatient Services Online Conference – 16th September 2020

“This is my first experience of an online conference and thoroughly enjoyed it. Wasn't sure what to expect. Would recommend to colleagues to attend future events” “This has to be the best online conference I have been to, I really enjoyed the breakout rooms.”

Advancing Ulcer Care Management Online Forum – 29th September 2020

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