1. Confirm you meet the professional entry requirements: - Applicants are registered as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) or, in Northern Ireland, with the - Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) - Applicants are in good standing with the GPhC and/or PSNI and any other healthcare regulator with which they are registered - Applicants have an identified area of clinical or therapeutic practice in which to develop independent prescribing practice. They must also have relevant clinical or therapeutic experience in that area, which is suitable to act as the foundation of their prescribing practice while training. 2. Applicants must have a Designated Prescribing Practitioner, the DPP, to support their learning, this is a GPhC requirement. Information about the role is available in the document in this section. It is the responsibility of the applicant to secure this support, you should only apply once you have agreement to support you from the nominated DPP. Information on the role of the DPP 3. You should confirm you are able to attend all the study days using the enrolment timetable in the upcoming cohort enrolment information. If you are unable to attend all of the study days, your success in gaining a place on the course may be affected — please consider applying for the next cohort. 4. Complete an application form, which includes a statement of purpose. 5. Prepare the following documents, as you will need to provide all of these documents during the application process. Please format into one PDF and upload in the transcript or “other” section of the application. - DPP declaration - Workplace-based learning declaration - Applicant checklist - Practice placement profile If you are being part or fully sponsored: Proof of funding (Some NHS organisations require a Purchase Order number for the payment of invoices. This must be stated on this letter to ensure invoices are paid promptly). If you are self-funding, or doing your learning in practice hours with an organisation who is not your employer, the Self-funding declaration