Building your Non-Medical Prescribing Workforce

Building your Non-Medical Prescribing Workforce
Early Bird: £299+VAT 5 CPD Hours
Online Course, 5 CPD Hours
Fri 12 Feb 2027 08:30-15:20

Practical guidance to build and diversify your non-medical prescribing workforce


This practical online workshop will guide you through every stage of the process, from identifying the need for workforce redesign and building a compelling business case to designing, implementing and growing a non-medical prescribing service. 


Designed for nurses, pharmacists, non-medical prescribers, clinical leads, service managers and anyone involved in developing or expanding non-medical prescribing services, this highly interactive workshop will provide practical guidance that can be applied across a range of specialties. Through case studies, discussion and action planning, you will leave with the knowledge, confidence and practical tools to develop a sustainable workforce model that meets your growing service demand.

Develop your service knowledge

How to develop a non-medical prescribing workforce that meets growing service demand


Whether you are planning a new service or looking to expand an existing non-medical prescribing workforce, this practical workshop will provide the knowledge, tools and confidence to progress your plans. 


Key learning outcomes include:


  • Identifying the need for workforce redesign and recognising when your current service model can no longer meet increasing demand 
  • Understanding how to adapt your workforce by redesigning roles, developing existing staff and recruiting non-medical prescribers where needed 
  • Gathering meaningful workforce, activity and service data to build a compelling case for change 
  • Developing a robust business case and presenting clinical priorities in a way that resonates with finance and operational teams 
  • Designing a safe and effective non-medical prescribing service, including governance, consultant oversight and standard operating procedures 
  • Planning the practical steps needed to implement, embed and grow a successful non-medical prescribing workforce within your organisation

Live online learning

Interactive discussions and practical NHS case study learning


This highly interactive online workshop combines practical presentations, facilitated discussions and NHS case study examples to help you apply the learning directly to your own organisation. 


Throughout the day you will have the opportunity to:


  • Join NHS colleagues from across the UK who are developing or expanding non-medical prescribing services
  • Take part in interactive discussions exploring workforce redesign, service development and business case planning
  • Ask questions and gain practical insight from an experienced NHS clinical leader who has successfully established and expanded a non-medical prescribing service
  • Explore practical approaches to workforce planning, governance, implementation and recruitment
  • Reflect on your own service challenges and develop realistic actions to support future workforce development

In-house training

Available as a bespoke course for organisations wishing to develop or expand their non-medical prescribing workforce. The workshop can be tailored to reflect your specialty, workforce priorities and organisational objectives. 


Please contact Sarah Kemm on 01732 897788 or email Sarah to discuss delivering this workshop exclusively for your organisation.


8:30
Joining, technical support and instructions
9:00
Workshop leader’s introduction
Dr Neha Chopra, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Identifying the need
9:10
Understanding your need: Why is your current model no longer sustainable?
  • Identifying the need before you write the business case
  • How increasing activity and follow-up demand are changing your workforce requirements
  • Recognising when increasing demand can no longer be absorbed within the existing service
9:40
Questions and answers with Dr Neha Chopra
9:50
Interactive discussion: What is driving the need for change in your service?
  • How do you know your current model is no longer sustainable?
  • What is your case for change?
  • What future pressures are you trying to prepare for?
10:10
Screen break
Adapting your workforce
10:20
Designing the right workforce for your service
  • Determining whether your existing workforce can meet demand or whether new roles are needed
  • Deciding who should prescribe, defining responsibilities and establishing consultant oversight
  • Strengthening your workforce through role redesign, training and targeted recruitment
10:50
Questions and answers with Dr Neha Chopra
11:00
Interactive discussion: How would you redesign your workforce?
  • What skills already exist within your team?
  • Where are the biggest workforce gaps?
  • What changes would have the greatest impact on your service?
Data for your business case
11:20
Working collaboratively to turn a clinical challenge into a compelling case for change
  • Identifying the data that best demonstrates increasing demand and workforce pressures
  • Measuring activity against capacity to evidence why your current service can no longer meet need
  • Translating clinical priorities into evidence that resonates with finance and operational teams
11:50
Questions and answers with Dr Neha Chopra
12:00
Lunch break
12:30
Writing a business case that secures support
  • Demonstrating national, local and organisational drivers for workforce investment
  • Presenting activity, workforce and financial evidence clearly
  • Avoiding common pitfalls that weaken a business case
1:00
Questions and answers with Dr Neha Chopra
1:10
Interactive discussion: Building your case for change
  • What evidence do you already have to demonstrate the need for workforce investment?
  • How would you explain your service pressures to finance and operational colleagues?
  • What challenges do you anticipate when making the case for change?
1:30
Screen break
Design and implementation
1:40
Designing your non-medical prescribing service
  • Choosing the most appropriate service model, including telephone, face-to-face and cross-site delivery
  • Defining prescribing responsibilities, governance arrangements and consultant oversight
  • Shaping standard operating procedures that support safe and sustainable practice
2:10
Questions and answers with Dr Neha Chopra
2:20
Embedding and growing your non-medical prescribing service
  • How to developing and support your non-medical prescribing workforce
  • Managing recruitment challenges and planning for future workforce growth
  • Ensuring your service continues to evolve as demand and patient needs change
2:50
Questions and answers with Dr Neha Chopra
3:00
Interactive action planning: What are your next steps?
  • What are the three priorities you will take back to your organisation?
  • Which stakeholders do you need to engage to move your plans forward?
  • What support, evidence or resources do you still need?
3:20
Close of workshop

Your workshop leader

Gain practical insight from an NHS leader with first-hand experience of workforce redesign


Drawing on real NHS examples, Dr Neha Chopra will share the practical decisions, challenges and lessons learned from establishing successful non-medical prescribing pathways and expanding workforce capacity within cancer services, which can be applied across a range of specialities.

Dr Neha Chopra

Consultant Medical Oncologist
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Expected attendees

Connect with colleagues leading workforce redesign and service development


This workshop is designed for NHS professionals responsible for developing, implementing or expanding non-medical prescribing services. It will be particularly valuable for organisations looking to improve capacity, respond to increasing demand and develop sustainable workforce models.


Designed for:


  • Non-Medical Prescribers
  • Nurses and Pharmacists
  • Advanced Clinical Practitioners
  • Clinical Leads
  • Service and Operational Managers
  • Workforce, Service Development and Transformation Leads
  • Allied Health Professionals involved in service redesign
  • Healthcare professionals planning or expanding non-medical prescribing services

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Pricing Structure

  • Early bird: £299+VAT - one NHS or Public Sector place when booked before Monday 4th January
  • £399+VAT - one NHS or Public Sector place when booked after Monday 4th January


Stretch your NHS training budget further


At SBK Healthcare, we understand how important it is to invest in staff development across a range of specialties. To help you maximise your budget, we offer NHS group discounts that can be applied across one or multiple events.


If you’re interested in making a group booking - whether for a single course or several different events - please email Nichola Cadwallader or call Nichola on 01732 897788 to discuss the best options for your team.


Associations and networks


If you belong to an alliance, association or network please email Nichola Cadwallader to see how we can work together on a mutually beneficial basis. 

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

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.


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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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Why sponsor?

Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing webinars, conferences and courses offer dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.

Your event, managed by us

SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.

Reach out today

If you would like more information on our sponsorship options, in-house forums or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact: 

Vanessa Jarman
Telephone: 01732 897788 
Email: vanessa.jarman@sbk-healthcare.co.uk