About the Prescribing and Providing Medicines Advice programme
The Prescribing and Providing Medicines Advice programme provides information about prescribing and providing medicines advice. It is aimed at Public Health England (PHE) personnel who provide advice to prescribers, health care professionals and the public, for example those based in PHE Centres, the PHE National Infection service and occupational health.
It is important to provide guidance about prescribing and providing medicines advice because effective systems and processes can reduce the risk of preventable medicines-related errors.
This programme will help you to describe the importance of accurate prescribing and provision of advice on medicines. It will detail the key parts of the PHE Medicines Management Policy in relation to prescribing and the provision of medicines advice. The programme will also increase your awareness of the PHE Medication Safety Guidelines. It will increase your understanding of the principles of prescribing and providing medicines advice and enable you to apply the prescribing or advice ‘Checklist’. Finally, it will explain your responsibilities regarding unlicensed medicines and ‘off-label’ use.
The programme consists of two elearning sessions. The teaching session will take about 20 minutes to complete. As you work through the session you will be asked a number of self-assessment questions which enable you to check your understanding of the key points. The scenario session will further assess your understanding of prescribing and providing medicines advice.
Jackie Lamberty
Lead Pharmacist, Medicines Management Services, Medical Director Division, Public Health England
Emma Nye
Project Manager, HEE elearning for healthcare
Simon Blackmore
Learning Designer, HEE elearning for healthcare
How to access
In order to access the Prescribing and Providing Medicines Advice programme, you will need an elfh account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.
To view the Prescribing and Providing Medicines Advice programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with elfh, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.
Not an NHS organisation?
If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access elfh Hub, you may be able to access the service by creating an OpenAthens account.
To check whether or not you qualify for free access via OpenAthens, you can view the eligibility criteria and register on the ‘OpenAthens’ portal.
Registering large numbers of users
If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Prescribing and Providing Medicines Advice programme, please contact elfh directly.
Organisations wishing to use their own LMS
For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.
More information
Please select the following link for more information on how to use the elfh Hub.