Non-Medical Prescribing CPD4905

Overview

The Non-Medical Prescribing module here at at Edge Hill provides an exciting and challenging opportunity for Pharmacists to expand their roles to meet the needs of their patients and service to improve access to appropriate medication. 

This level 7 module is designed to provide pharmacists with the knowledge and skills to prescribe safely and appropriately within their area of practice and current non-medical prescribing legislation. 

Successful completion of the module enables a pharmacist to annotate their professional registration with a prescribing qualification. 

Module code:	CPD4905
Level:	7
Module credits:	40
Cost for new students:	£2040 for 2025/26 academic year

If you are an existing student who is undertaking this module as part of a programme, your fee will have been advised to you by email. You can also check your fees online. For any queries, please contact [email protected]

If your tuition fee is being paid by a sponsor or you are a sponsor paying a student’s fee, you are required to send a copy of a purchase order to [email protected].

For further guidance please visit: Sponsored students – Edge Hill University

Who is this module for?

The module is designed to meet the needs of Pharmacists and their employers. 

Before commencing the module, Pharmacists must be GPhC/PSNI registered, working in a patient facing role in a relevant UK practice 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. 

What are the key aims of the module?

• Provide opportunities for the practitioner to enhance existing knowledge and skills relating to non-medical prescribing.
• Enable the practitioner to appraise the relevant sources of information advice and support available and apply them to make appropriate decisions in prescribing practice. 
• Examine from a critical perspective, the issue of professional accountability and responsibility as they relate to non-medical prescribing and work appropriately within this framework. 
• Utilise reflective and analytical skills to improve and develop prescribing practice. 

How will I study?

This module normally requires attendance at 26 sessions, one full day session per week for 26 weeks, in addition to 12 days of practice placement learning. This will involve a combination classroom-based and of both synchronous and asynchronous online learning. 

What will I study?

The principles of prescribing, national guidelines/directions, assessment and consultation in safe and appropriate prescribing, pharmacology including pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, patient adherence and drug responses, professional accountability, record keeping, independent and supplementary prescribing, legal, policy and ethical aspects of prescribing, risk assessment and risk management, and reflective practice. 

How will I be assessed?

To obtain 40 credits at level 7 and record a prescribing qualification with the GPhC, you must: 

• Submit a portfolio of evidence  
• Pass both the theoretical and practical assessment components of the module.  

Regardless of previous learning or experience, in line with professional regulatory body requirements and University RP(E)L regulations, you must undertake all assessments. 

 The assessments include: 

• A 90-minute unseen multiple choice and short answer Computer Based Examination (CBE), including calculations. 
• A 4000 word critically reflective prescribing-based patient case study.  
• Successful completion of the competencies contained in ‘A Competency Framework for all Prescribers’ (RPS 2016). Assessed by way of a continuous and collaborative approach involving the practitioner and their Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP). 
• A 60-minute Structured Clinical Examination (SCE) comprised of three stations, to demonstrate your competence in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a patient.  
• A professional e-portfolio via PebblePad. which will be submitted as evidence of the development of prescribing practice, including achievement of practice competencies learning outcomes and completion of hours of learning in practice. 

Study dates and venues

How to apply

APPLICATIONS FOR 2025/26 ARE NOW CLOSED. APPLICATIONS FOR 2026/27 WILL OPEN MID APRIL 2026

Module availability varies from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Due to the popularity of some modules, it may be that the module is fully booked when your application is received. We will include your details on a waiting list and allocate you a place on the next available intake. 

We encourage you to apply as early as possible to give you the best chance to obtain a place on your preferred cohort, module applications will close as soon as the module is full. Applications received within two weeks of the start date may have to be considered for a later cohort. 

Application for this module is a two-stage process, you should:
1. Complete a non-medical prescribing application form. Please ensure that the form is fully completed before submission. Failure to do so will result in your application form being returned to you for completion and a delay in your application.
2. Complete the University online module application form and attach the completed non-medical prescribing application form in the document upload section of this online form.

Important information: In addition please access the non-medical prescribing application pack as this will give you additional information about the module but do not complete the application form included in this link as it is not the current version and will not be accepted.  

For more details of how to apply, please visit the apply page. 

For details on how to apply for funding for this module, please visit the Fees and finance page. 

Applicants not employed by the NHS must clearly demonstrate:

• Current, robust, evidence based and appropriate policies and procedures in place in relation to governance and medicine management, including the safe prescribing & storage of medication.
• Appropriate liability insurance to a minimum value of £5 million.
• Safe effective practice at a level of proficiency appropriate to the prescribing programme and their intended area of practice in clinical/ heath assessment, diagnostic/ care management, planning and evaluation of care.

Contact us

For further information regarding module content, please contact: 

• Rizvan Ahmed at: [email protected]

 Or you can contact the Medical School on [email protected]. 

Pathways

This module can be studied on a standalone basis. 

It is an optional module for the following programmes: 

• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice