Prescriptions & Prescribing Explained – 2 Half Days

This is a two day course:

• Wednesday 22 April 2026
• Wednesday 29 April 2026

You are required to attend both days to be eligible for your certificate of attendance.  Please ensure you are able to attend on both dates before you book the course.

Introduction

This live-online, instructor led session is suitable for non-clinical staff dealing with  prescriptions on a regular or ad hoc basis.

Aims and Objectives

The Prescription & Prescribing Explained course will help delegates to ensure that their role contributes to the safe, efficient and cost-effective running of the general practice prescribing process.

The objectives of the course are to enable delegates to be able to:

• understand how medicines are developed
• understand the terms generic, brand and branded generic and their use
• recognise the classification of medicines
• recognise medicine and prescription terminology and abbreviations
• recognise legal aspects of prescribing
• identify the journey of a prescription
• understand the role of the Medicines Management Team
• understand the role of the general practice prescription clerk/administrator and the responsibilities and limitations of the role.

Course outline

• Drug development and naming of drugs
• Drug classifications
• Prescription Content
• Safety and Security of Prescriptions
• Cost of prescriptions
• Drug Wastage & Synchronisation of prescriptions
• Journey of a prescription
• Errors
• The role of the prescription clerk

Previous Delegate Feedback

“Working in groups, having booklet/written material before the session to read over”