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Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists at Keele University - UCAS

Keele University

Degree level: Postgraduate

Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists (Taught)

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Independent Prescribing (IP) is becoming an essential skill for pharmacists, to enhance their existing role or to act as a catalyst for role change. Our dedicated IP Team continues to develop the curriculum to ensure you meet the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) learning outcomes and are appropriately prepared for your future prescribing practice. The February 2025 cohort is now full and applications are no longer being accepted. Applications for the September 2025 intake will open in Spring 2025. Why choose this course?

  • 1st in the UK to receive accreditation by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
  • Learn from tutors who are qualified prescribers
  • Our programme is approved by the General Pharmaceutical Council
  • The distance learning format of the course enables you to study where and when it is most convenient
Our course is designed specifically for pharmacists and both the course manager and course tutors are qualified prescribers. In addition, our course has been approved by the GPhC to be delivered by a distance learning format requiring only four days attendance at the University and a further two online study days over a 6-month period. The distance learning format of the course enables busy health professionals to study where and when it is most convenient to them. If you are still wondering whether the IP course is for you have a look at the Preparing to Prescribe toolkit that was developed by Surrey University with input from Keele. The aims and learning outcomes for the course are those stipulated by the GPhC for a full Independent Prescribing programme. They are expressed below in a manner that is compatible with Masters level study. Following completion of the course, pharmacist independent prescribers will be able to demonstrate all 32 of the GPhC learning outcomes, by applying knowledge of therapeutics and prescribing to the condition(s) for which they intend to prescribe, using an evidence-based approach that takes into account recent research and current professional practice. About Keele Keele University was established in 1949 by the former Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Founded to meet the needs of a changing world, Keele has always had a pioneering vision to be a different kind of university. We excel in both teaching and research, with some of the most satisfied students in England, and research that is changing lives for the better at a regional, national and global level. Our beautiful 600-acre campus is one of the biggest in Britain – but all the most important services and facilities are on your doorstep, with accommodation, teaching spaces, facilities including a medical centre, sports centre and pharmacy, and a range of shops, eateries and entertainment venues – including the Students’ Union – clustered around the centre.

Entry requirements

The following entrance requirements are stipulated by the GPhC and the University: Current registration with GPhC &/or PSNI as a practising pharmacist and be of good standing with their Regulatory Body Have appropriate patient orientated experience practising in a hospital, community or primary care setting Identify an area of clinical practice and need in which to develop their prescribing skills Understand the role of an Independent Prescriber and the required skills and attributes Able to provide written endorsement from an appropriate Designated Prescribing Practitioner - (DPP) that they will supervise the 'learning in practice' element of the course. This should be in the clinical area in which the pharmacist intends to prescribe independently immediately on qualification.

Fees and funding

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

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Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists at Keele University - UCAS