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This conference focuses on Non Medical 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 also reflect on how services and prescribing has changed during Covid-19. 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.
“The benefits of non-medical prescribing in cancer care are clear.”
Over 320,000 people received treatment for cancer over the last year (Nov 2021 – Oct 2022) – the highest year on record, and up by more than 8,000 on the same period pre-pandemic.
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improve nurse prescribing practice in cancer care
- Reflect on the new developments in prescribing and treatments
- Understand the national context including the national competency framework for prescribers
- Develop your skills and improve competence in prescribing practice
- Understand how to develop prescribing to improve chemotherapy services
- Immunotherapy induced side effects and how to manage them
- Prescribing for co-morbidity
- Improve your skills in the prescribing and prescribing governance
- Examine your role within prescribing at the end of life including symptom control and controlled drugs
- Understand the practicalities of effective prescribing within a clinic setting
- Learn from established prescribing practice in chemotherapy prescribing and developing the role of non medical prescribers in an SACT clinic
- Understand how to audit and demonstrate competence in nurse prescribing practice
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Support CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
