Non Medical Prescribing

Key highlights

• Prepares independent and supplementary prescribers across multiple health professions
• Open to nurses, midwives, pharmacists and allied health professionals
• Lecturers maintain clinical currency by working in practice
• Short continuing professional development course for registered practitioners

Entry requirements

Scholarships

• BNU Asylum Seeker Scholarship

• BNU Refugee Scholarship

• International Early Payment Discount

  One-off Early Payment fee reduction of £500 available to all applicants paying overseas fees. The full tuition fee charged must be at least £15,000.

  Up to £500

• Postgraduate Fee Discount

  50% fee waiver per year. 10% fee waiver per year for September 2025 intake only.

• Vice Chancellor’s International Student Scholarship

  One off fee reduction of £1,500, £3,000 or £5,000 available to all applicants paying overseas fees on their first year of study.

Careers this course leads to

• Nurse Independent Prescriber
• Midwife Prescriber
• Pharmacist Independent Prescriber
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Allied Health Professional Supplementary Prescriber

Cost of study

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Buckinghamshire New University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.