PCPA Leadership Forum: Empowering Designated Prescribing Practitioners (DPPs)

Empowering Designated Prescribing Practitioners (DPPs): Strengthening Primary Care Pharmacy Through Training and Support

Webinar: 1-2pm, Thursday 18th September 2025

Points for Panel Discussion

• To outline the role and responsibilities of Designated Prescribing Practitioners (DPPs) within primary care pharmacy settings.
• To highlight effective strategies for supporting and integrating newly trained DPPs into the workforce.
• To explore organisational approaches to developing sustainable DPP training and mentorship frameworks.

Chair:

Minesh Parbat, PCPA Leadership Forum Chair | ICS Chief Pharmacist | Clinical Director Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation, NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

Panel:

Graham Stretch, PCPA President |Partner Argyle GP | Lead Pharmacist, Ealing Community Partners

Helen Kilminster, PCPA National VP | Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Portway Family Practice | Care Homes PCN Lead & Deputy PCN Clinical Director Citrus Health PCN

Sarah Baig, Black Country Pharmacy Professional Lead|Prescribing Lead for MPharm|Associate Professor University of Birmingham

Suraj Varia, Co-Director/Lead Pharmacist at Jade Pharmacy Group| Prescribing Pharmacist HMC Heston and Great West Surgeries, Hounslow