Program Overview

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Postgraduate Credit Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing

Overview

The Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing is a 6-month part-time course that empowers registered pharmacists to become independent prescribers, opening up diverse career opportunities in primary and secondary care pharmacy.

Award

• Postgraduate Credit

Start Date

• 4 September 2025

UCAS Code

• Not specified

Course Specifications

• View course spec

Course Length

• Part-time (6 months)

Campus Location

• University: City Campus

School

• School of Pharmacy

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In This Section

• Overview
• Entry Requirements
• Fees & Finance
• Modules
• Employability
• Facilities

Why Choose This Course?

This course is a 40-credit module which is open to registered pharmacists with at least two years post-registration experience in a clinical, patient-facing role.

• Open to registered pharmacists with at least two years of patient-facing experience
• Comprehensive 40-credit module covering all aspects of independent prescribing
• Opportunity to enhance skills with an optional Advanced Health Assessment module
• Develop expertise in consultation, decision-making, and applied therapeutics
• Learn to prescribe within a team context and understand the public health implications

Course Modules

• Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing
  • Module: 7PY019
  • Credits: 40
  • Period: 1
  • Type: Core

This module is only open to registered pharmacists with a minimum of 2 years post registration experience. It will equip the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to become an independent prescriber. Successful students will have their name annotated on the General Pharmaceutical Council register to allow them to practise as an independent and supplementary prescriber.

Potential Career Paths

• Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Pharmacist Independent Prescriber
• Physiotherapist Independent Prescriber
• Optometrist Independent Prescriber

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

(with Prescribing Rights) Provide comprehensive care including prescribing medications in primary care settings or specialized clinics.

Pharmacist Independent Prescriber

Manage and prescribe medications in community pharmacies, hospitals, or specialised clinics.

Physiotherapist Independent Prescriber

Prescribe medications as part of overall patient management in musculoskeletal or sports medicine clinics.

Optometrist Independent Prescriber

Diagnose and prescribe medications for eye conditions in optometry practices or eye clinics.

Additional Information

• Everything you need to know about this course!

Why Wolverhampton?

It is a requirement of the GPhC that the Independent Prescribing course must include a substantial face-to-face teaching element. The timing of the face-to-face study days (one block of three days, followed by three individual study days) has therefore been arranged outside the main school holiday periods to facilitate the release of pharmacists from their existing posts in order to attend the university.

You will also have the benefit of being taught by tutors who are themselves Pharmacist Independent Prescribers, assisted by medical practitioners and other expert staff with comprehensive experience in postgraduate teaching and learning.

What Skills Will You Gain?

At the end of this course you, the student, will be able to:

1. Prescribe safely, appropriately and cost effectively, in line with the legal, ethical and professional framework for accountability; within a prescribing partnership where appropriate.
2. Communicate effectively with patients, carers and other healthcare professionals, and make shared treatment decisions with these groups as appropriate.
3. Apply clinical assessment skills to recognize the signs and symptoms of illness, to take patient histories, to form a diagnosis and to formulate, modify and review treatment plans as appropriate.
4. Accurately choose and use appropriate diagnostic aids for prescribing and monitoring treatment.
5. Recognise, evaluate and respond to evidence-based information, advice, relevant national/local guidelines and individual patient requirements when prescribing.
6. Work within all aspects of current clinical governance frameworks.

Course Fees and Finance

Location	Mode	Fee	Year
Home	Part-time	£2261 per year
Home	Part-time	£2331 per year

These fees relate to new entrants only for the academic year indicated for entry onto the course, any subsequent years study may be subject to an annual increase, usually in line with inflation.

Entry Requirements

You must be registered as a pharmacist with either the GPhC or the PSNI, and have a minimum of two years’ post-registration experience in a clinical, patient-facing role. We require the written support of your employer (unless self-employed) to undertake this course, and you must have the support and agreement from a suitably experienced medical doctor in your chosen field of clinical practice who is willing and eligible to act as your Designated Medical Practitioner (DMP) for the Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing.

Those applying from outside the UK/EU must provide written evidence of a good standard of written and spoken English (IELTS 7.0 or equivalent), and must be employed in an appropriate role within the UK to be able to meet the GPhC requirements for the learning in practice elements of the course.

At the discretion of the course leader, all potential students may be required to participate in a telephone interview with the course leader or deputy leader to confirm their eligibility for the course.

Also as part of this course you will be required to attend all 6 of the face to face study days. Each study day contains a number of developmental activities which form a compulsory part of your reflective portfolio and are essential to achieving a pass.

Who Accredits This Course?

General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Accredited by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) in order to progress to foundation pharmacist training and then to register as a pharmacist.

Funding

Postgraduate Loyalty Discount:

You can get 20% discount on a taught postgraduate course if you’re a University of Wolverhampton Graduate.

The University offers a generous 20% Loyalty Discount to students progressing from an undergraduate programme to a taught postgraduate on-site programme, where both courses are University of Wolverhampton Awards.

There is no time limit on how long ago you completed your degree as long as this is your first Masters level qualification.

The discount applies to the first year of enrolment only. Students who receive a loyalty discount are not entitled to any further tuition discount or bursary. For full terms and conditions click here.

Self-funded:

If you are paying for the fees yourself then the fees can be paid in 3 instalments: November, January and April. More information can be found by clicking here.

Sponsored - Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:

Your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.

We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

Financial Hardship:

Students can apply to the Dennis Turner Opportunity Fund for help with course related costs however this cannot be used for fees or to cover general living costs.

Charitable Funding:

You might also want to explore the possibility of funding from charitable trusts. Please contact Association of Charitable Foundations, Directory of Social Change or Family Aid. Most charities and trust funds offer limited bursaries targeted to specific groups of students so you will need to research whether any of them are relevant to your situation.

You can find more information on the University’s Funding, cost, fee and support pages.

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Study Spaces

We’re got plenty of study spaces around campus – so you can find the ideal place to suit your style, wherever – and whenever – you get your best ideas.

Rosalind Franklin Building

An entire floor of the Rosalind Franklin Building, the City Campus home of our science courses, is dedicated to the delivery of pharmacy activities.

Practice Suite

Hone your skills in our dedicated pharmacy practice suite and in interactive spaces purpose-made for team-based learning.

Specialist Labs

Learn in our pharmaceutical laboratory with formulation capabilities and teaching labs featuring state-of-the-art kit.

Rosalind Franklin Building

Six floors of facilities in our Rosalind Franklin building are packed full of the newest technology and specialist equipment, whatever your branch of science.

Libraries

Our libraries offer helpful support and resources to aid your studies including: social learning and quiet study areas, bookable spaces, and 24/7 opening at key times in the year.

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