Core prescribing frameworks and standards

  1. RPS Competency Framework for All Prescribers
    The main UK framework for prescribing education, assessment and continuing development. Use its ten competencies to structure a portfolio and identify learning needs.

  2. BNF: non-medical prescribing
    Summary of independent and supplementary prescribing and the prescribing rights of different professions.

  3. For nurses and midwives: NMC standards for prescribers
    The central NMC page covering prescribing-programme standards, supervision and safe prescribing.

  4. For allied health professionals: HCPC Standards for Prescribing
    Covers education, accountability and prescribing proficiency. The HCPC has adopted the RPS framework as its competency standard for prescribers.

  5. For pharmacists: GPhC independent prescriber education and training
    Includes entry requirements, education standards, implementation guidance and accredited-course information.

  6. For nurses: RCN non-medical prescribing advice guide
    A practical overview of accountability, scope of practice, controlled drugs, remote prescribing and professional responsibilities.

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