Overview

Key features

This Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists Practice Certificate from De Montfort University will help you to learn about the many facets of prescribing, including clinical, communication, and consultation skills, the psychology of prescribing, and legal and ethical considerations of prescribing.
During the course, you will be expected to complete 450 hours of learning across a variety of platforms. You will attend eight compulsory face-to-face study days where you will be taught in small groups. This encourages important discussion and debate between pharmacists and lecturers, allowing for valuable reflection on the future of prescribing practice and promoting self-awareness as a non-medical prescriber.
You will also undertake the equivalent of at least 12 days (or 90 hours) of practice-based experience, under the supervision of your Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP), working towards competencies in a chosen area of practice.
To reinforce your learning, we support self-directed learning through our easy-to-use online learning platform. This format allows you to study at a time convenient to you, and encourages communication with fellow pharmacists and lecturers through discussion boards.
Potential Careers:
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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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Clinical reasoning and complex decision making
Communication and consultation skills
Clinical skills including NEWS2 assessment, cardiovascular, abdominal and respiratory examinations
Influences on prescribing
Psychology of prescribing
Legal and ethical aspects of prescribing
Understanding clinical risk
Using evidence-based medicine and critical appraisal

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Duration

Full-time
- 6 months
Part-time
- 12 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-15 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-16 00:00:00
Starting 2027-04-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-14 00:00:00

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Start date: September, January, April for international students

Language

English

Credits

45 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Leicester, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Third Class

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General 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.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

100125 GBP / full

≈ 100125 GBP / full
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

112500 GBP / full

≈ 112500 GBP / full

Additional Details

for 45 credits

Living costs

Leicester

United Kingdom

751 - 1426 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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