April

Monitoring & Reducing Medication Errors: High Risk Medicines & Patient Groups

WEDNESDAY 24^th APRIL 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on prioritising high risk medications and high risk patient groups to enable your interventions to have the highest impact on patient care and reduction in patient harm. The conference which aims to bring together clinicians and pharmacists, managers, and medication safety officers and leads will reflect on medication safety challenges, understand current national developments, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas they are facing in improving and monitoring medication safety, and reducing medication errors and harm in hospitals.  The conference will also update delegates on the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and implications for medication safety incident investigation.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/reducing-medication-errors or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk

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A Practical Guide to Demonstrating and Improving Nurse Prescribing Competence & Practice

THURSDAY 25^th APRIL 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference will focus on Nurse Prescribing Competence and Practice and update delegates on the practicalities of using the Revised National Competency framework for all prescribers.

This conference focuses on demonstrating and improving prescribing competence and practice and use of the National Competency Framework for all Prescribers, and will also update delegates on the Competency Framework for Designated Prescribing Practitioners. Through national updates, practical case studies and extended expert sessions, this conference focuses on demonstrating and improving nurse prescribing competence and practice – embedding the competency framework, and the twelve competencies for nurse prescribers.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-competence-practice or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk

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Opioid Safety: A Practical Guide to Safeguarding Patient Well-Being

THURSDAY 25^th APRIL 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference brings together distinguished experts in the field of pain management and offers a comprehensive and practical guide for enhancing opioid safety and ensuring the safeguarding of patient well-being in clinical practice. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the latest trends, evidence-based practices, and strategies to optimize patient outcomes within the NHS. The conference delves into patient stories highlighting the challenges of chronic pain, insights into opioid pharmacology, guidelines, patient-centred pain management, identifying and managing opioid misuse and dependence, opioid abuse and diversion by staff, digital solutions, and non-opioid pain management approaches. Throughout the day, there will be interactive sessions, small breakout groups, and collaborative exercises, fostering a dynamic learning experience.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/opioid-safety or click on the title above or email arineh@hc-uk.org.uk

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May

Optimising Electronic Prescribing & Medicines Administration (ePMA) in Hospitals

THURSDAY 2^nd MAY 2024

THE STUDIO, BIRMINGHAM

This National Conference will focus on the optimisation of Hospital Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (HePMA). The conference will examine the development of electronic prescribing systems towards advanced ePrescribing, closed loop medicines administration and advanced clinical decision support; ensuring the full clinical benefits are achieved. The conference will also focus on ePrescribing and Patient Safety following the HSIB Investigation which found that “ePMA systems can create their own risks – risks that will need to be addressed as these systems become more widespread.” (HSIB). Closed Loop Medication Management (CLMM) systems are fully electronic medication management process that integrates automated and intelligent systems to manage the process of prescription, dispensing and administration of medicines, and seamlessly document all the relevant information. (HSIB)

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/electronic-prescribing-in-hospitals or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk

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Designated Prescribing Practitioner

FRIDAY 17^th MAY 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

Through national updates, expert sessions and practical case studies the conference will support you to develop or expand your role as a Designated Prescribing Practitioner, and support the development of effective non medical prescribing across your service. The conference will also discuss how becoming a DPP can enhance your role, and the benefits of non medical assessors in expanding non medical prescribing in organisations.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/designated-prescribing-practitioner or click on the title above or email kerry@hc-uk.org.uk

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A Practical Guide to Effective Non Medical Prescribing in End of Life Care

FRIDAY 24^th MAY 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This important national conference provides an essential update for prescribing at the end of life. It is widely recognized that pain and symptom control at the end of life is not always optimal, the development of non medical prescribing has a key role in improving pain and symptom control for patients at the end of life. The conference, which includes national updates, extended in depth sessions and case studies will focus on developing your skills and competence as a non medical prescriber in end of life care.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/non-medical-prescribing-in-end-of-life-care  or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk

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June

A Practical Guide to Effective Non-Medical Prescribing in Care of the Older Person

WEDNESDAY 12^th JUNE 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This important national conference provides an essential update on non medical prescribing for older adults. Through national updates and extended interactive practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence, and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will discuss the role of the Updated Prescribing Competency Framework in supporting non medical prescribing in older adults. The conference will include case studies on managing pain in the older person, improving medicines optimisation, prescribing in falls prevention, frail older people, and delirium, and developing the role of the NMP in acute care, primary care, community care and care homes. The conference will include an extended focus on ensuring patient safety and the Nurse Prescribers role with regard to medication management, polypharmacy and de-prescribing.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nmp-older-person or click on the title above or email frida@hc-uk.org.uk

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A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care

THURSDAY 13^th JUNE 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on Nurse Prescribing in Cancer Care. Through national updates and practical case studies the conference will demonstrate how the effective use of nurse prescribing in cancer care can improve patient care, experience and outcomes.

The conference will focus on developing competence and confidence in non medical prescribing in cancer care, including using the using the National Competency Framework for all Prescribers. Case study sessions will demonstrate how prescribing practice can be improve care for people with cancer and will focus on maintaining and demonstrating prescribing competence, prescribing for pain management, chemotherapy prescribing, Immunotherapy induced side effects and how to manage them, prescribing for co-morbidity and the importance of holistic assessment, prescribing for symptom control, and prescribing in end life care including controlled drugs.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/a-practical-guide-to-effective-nurse-prescribing-in-cancer-care or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk

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A Practical Guide to Effective Nurse Prescribing for Pain

WEDNESDAY 19th JUNE 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This important national conference provides an essential update for nurse prescribers on prescribing for pain. Pain is a growing area of nurse prescribing and one of the most common areas. This makes it essential that nurse prescribers maintain the competence and skills to prescribe for pain in an effective way, working with patients to improve pain outcomes both in the inpatient setting and the community.

Through national updates and extended interactive practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence, and how to develop effectiveness in post qualification practice. The conference will update delegates on the NICE Guideline on Chronic Pain and on current developments with regard to opioid prescribing.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/nurse-prescribing-for-pain or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk

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July

Non Medical Prescribing in Paediatrics & Child Health

THURSDAY 11th JULY 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This important national conference provides an essential update for non medical prescribers in paediatrics and child health.

Through national updates and practical case studies delegates will hear how to develop and maintain prescribing competence. The conference will look at current issues and challenges for non medical prescribers in paediatrics and child health. The conference will include an extended session focusing on maintaining and demonstrating prescribing competence using the National Framework for Prescribing, developing confidence in prescribing practice and maintaining safety. Practical interactive sessions will focus on non medical prescribing for pain, and case studies in the Paediatric Emergency Department, Critical Care and in the Community. The conference will close with a session focusing on demonstrating improvement in patient outcomes and evaluating your prescribing practice.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/NMP-Paeds  or click on the title above or email sana@hc-uk.org.uk

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A Practical Guide to Effective Non-Medical Prescribing in Mental Health

FRIDAY 12^th JULY 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference will look at national developments in non medical prescribing in mental health, improving and maintaining prescribing competence and the use of the national prescribing competency framework in mental health. Extended sessions will focus on developing your skills as an effective non medical prescriber and case studies will demonstrate established practice in non medical prescribing on acute inpatient wards, for dual diagnosis, early intervention in psychosis, forensic mental health, learning disabilities and physical health monitoring.

The conference will also look at developing non medical prescribing including auditing your prescribing practice, deprescribing, involving people in prescribing decisions, prescribing decision making and supporting the expansion of non medical prescribing practice in mental health.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/non-medical-prescribing-in-mental-health  or click on the title above or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk

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Controlled Drugs: Ensuring the Safer Management, Diversion & Abuse, Prescribing and Use

THURSDAY 18^th JULY 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

The National Controlled Drugs Virtual Conference focuses ensuring the Safer Management of Controlled Drugs: Diversion & Abuse, Prescribing and Use. Aimed at Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers, Pharmacists, Police Controlled Drugs Liaison Officers, and Prescribers including Non Medical Prescribers, the conference will update you on current national developments, developing the role of the CDAO and improve practice learning from case studies.

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/controlled-drugs-conference or email aman@hc-uk.org.uk

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