Structured V300 DPP/DPS supervision, portfolio support and six months of post-qualification support. Explore the £2,850 programme and intake enquiries.
Our V300 Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) and Designated Prescribing Supervisor (DPS) Clinical Support Programme provides structured clinical supervision and support throughout your Independent Prescribing qualification.
The programme is suitable for eligible registered healthcare professionals, including nurses, paramedics and allied healthcare professionals, subject to individual university and professional regulatory requirements.
More than completing supervised practice hours, the programme brings together DPP/DPS mentorship, clinical exposure, prescribing development, competency assessment, portfolio support and structured progress reviews.
Our approach places patient safety, medicines management, professional accountability and evidence-based prescribing at the centre of supervised clinical practice.
Each programme is structured around your professional background, existing experience, university requirements and individual learning needs.
Programme purpose
To support eligible healthcare professionals to develop, evidence and demonstrate the prescribing competencies required by their university and professional framework, within a structured clinical governance environment.
DPP/DPS sign-off is based on satisfactory demonstration of the required prescribing competencies and professional standards, rather than completion of practice hours alone.
What the programme includes
DPP & DPS supervision
Structured clinical supervision, feedback and ongoing support throughout your V300 programme.
DPP/DPS clinical supervision and supervised prescribing experience
Regular progress and competency reviews
Clinical case discussions and assessment of prescribing knowledge and reasoning
Reflective practice, feedback and identification of learning gaps
Support with university documentation and portfolio development
Completion of appropriate DPP/DPS documentation
Final competency review and sign-off once required competencies have been satisfactorily demonstrated
Supervised clinical practice
Clinical exposure is planned around your learning needs and university requirements. Opportunities may include:
Patient consultation, assessment and comprehensive medical history taking
Medication history and reconciliation
Clinical reasoning and decision-making
Contraindications, precautions and recognition of prescribing risks
Pharmacological considerations and prescription writing
Medicines management and optimisation
Patient counselling, shared decision-making, consent and capacity
Safety-netting, follow-up, review and clinical record keeping
Recognition and management of adverse events
Professional accountability, governance and patient safety
Prescribing development sessions
Structured sessions connect academic learning with clinical practice. Sessions may include:
Case-based discussions, assessment scenarios and consultation skills
Clinical reasoning exercises and prescription-writing practice
Pharmacology, medicines management and safe evidence-based prescribing
Contraindications, medicine interactions and managing prescribing risk
Professional and legal responsibilities and scope of prescribing practice
Consent, capacity, documentation and record keeping
Clinical governance, patient safety and reflective practice
Portfolio & competency development
Regular reviews help you demonstrate progression throughout your programme, not only at the end of supervised practice.
Mapping clinical experience against required prescribing competencies
Identifying appropriate portfolio evidence
Case discussions, reflective accounts and documentation standards
Demonstrating progression and identifying gaps in clinical experience
Preparing for competency reviews
Completing relevant university DPP/DPS documentation
Preparing for final assessment and sign-off
Individual learning and supervision plan
At the beginning of your programme, we review your experience and intended scope of prescribing practice to develop a structured individual supervision plan.
Professional registration and background
Existing clinical experience and current prescribing knowledge
University requirements and required supervised practice hours
Intended scope of prescribing practice and individual learning needs
University competency framework and DPP/DPS documentation
You will need to provide your university’s current DPP/DPS handbook, competency framework and relevant documentation for review. Arrange secure sharing directly with the clinic; do not submit patient records or confidential clinical documents through the general enquiry form.
Clinical placement scheduling
We take on students for September/October and January/March intakes.
Clinical placements, supervision sessions and development days are scheduled around available clinical opportunities and your university requirements.
Dates are discussed with students in advance so supervised practice can be planned throughout the programme.
Places are deliberately limited to maintain individual supervision and meaningful clinical and prescribing experience. Availability for your intended intake is confirmed following review of your requirements.
Prepare for meaningful supervised practice.
A placement should connect your university learning to patient-centred clinical reasoning. These points help you prepare for your individual supervision plan; they are not additional fixed-hour packages or guaranteed clinical activities.
Confirm university approval
Before committing to a placement, confirm with your university that the proposed practice setting, supervisor and assessor arrangements meet its requirements. Role titles and professional eligibility differ between programmes and regulators; approval should not be assumed.
Understand the supervision roles
Your supervisor supports learning in practice and your assessor evaluates evidence of competence. For NMC prescribing programmes, these are normally different roles; a same-person arrangement is exceptional and must be justified with the university. Confirm the arrangement relevant to your own profession and programme.
Observe, discuss and develop
Learning may progress from observing consultations and reviewing management plans to supervised assessment and proposing appropriate next steps. Participation depends on your competence, patient consent, the clinical situation and the supervision plan. Students do not practise independently simply because they are undertaking V300.
Build your clinical reasoning
Use case-based discussion to explain your assessment, options, evidence and reasoning. Consider alternatives, interactions, monitoring, safety-netting and professional limits, then reflect on feedback and map suitable evidence to your university’s competency framework.
Plan for a realistic case mix
Clinical opportunities depend on the patients attending, their consent and your learning needs. A fixed patient number, particular case type or procedure is not guaranteed. Discuss how learning gaps, missed opportunities and progress concerns will be addressed within your agreed plan.
Keep qualification and placement separate
Your university controls admission, academic requirements, practice-hour expectations and award of the qualification. Arrange university course fees separately; Willoway’s clinical-support fee does not purchase university enrolment, a prescribing qualification or automatic competency sign-off.
Your placement preparation checklist
Ask your university to confirm the proposed learning setting and supervisor/assessor requirements before booking.
Have your current handbook, learning outcomes, competency framework and practice-hour recording guidance ready for review.
Identify your intended prescribing scope and learning gaps so clinical opportunities can be planned appropriately.
Discuss placement induction, confidentiality, patient consent, student boundaries and the relevant clinical governance arrangements.
Agree how dates, progress reviews, portfolio evidence and concerns will be managed, including who to contact if learning opportunities change.
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Your specific supervisor and assessor arrangements are confirmed against your university’s requirements before a place is agreed.
Six months of post-qualification support
Following successful completion of your V300, you receive six months of ongoing prescribing supervision, with a structured clinical supervision review approximately every six weeks. This supports your transition from supervised practice into autonomous independent prescribing.
Prescribing case discussions and complex clinical decisions
Medicines management, patient safety and professional accountability
Scope of practice, documentation and record keeping
Clinical governance and reflective practice
Prescribing frameworks and processes
Developing confidence as a newly qualified Independent Prescriber
Programme investment and payment
The total programme investment is £2,850. This includes DPP/DPS supervision, supervised clinical practice opportunities, development sessions, portfolio and competency reviews, university documentation support and six months of post-qualification prescribing supervision.
A 50% booking payment of £1,425 is required to secure your place on the programme.
The remaining £1,425 is payable no later than eight weeks before the predicted start date of your university V300 intake.
If the predicted university intake start date is within eight weeks at the time of booking, the full £2,850 programme fee is payable.
Separate specialist consultancy
Specialist consultancy for CQC registration, regulatory compliance, policies and procedures, clinical governance and medicines management can be provided separately for professionals developing independent clinical services. It is separate from this programme’s included support.
Your contract. Your placement. Your university application.
A programme contract will be signed by both the student and our service provider, setting out the agreed clinical support, responsibilities and booking arrangements.
We will not complete or sign any university application paperwork until your £1,425 booking fee has been paid. An initial enquiry does not authorise paperwork completion or secure a placement.
Your university requires the practice assessor or supervisor details and an appropriate clinical supervision service to be in place as a condition of entry. You will need these arrangements confirmed before applying for your university place. Check your chosen university’s current requirements and application process with us before booking; our support does not guarantee admission.
Enquiries and applications
Your healthcare profession
Your university
Your predicted V300 intake/start date
Your university’s required supervised practice hours
Any specific DPP/DPS requirements provided by your university
We take on students for September/October and January/March intakes. Please tell us your university and predicted start date so we can review your requirements and advise on availability.
Who is the programme for?
Eligible registered healthcare professionals undertaking an Independent Prescribing qualification, including nurses, paramedics and allied healthcare professionals. Suitability depends on your university and professional regulatory requirements, which are reviewed individually.
Does completing my practice hours guarantee sign-off?
No. Sign-off depends on satisfactory demonstration of the required prescribing competencies and professional standards, not practice hours alone.
Is the V300 qualification included?
This is a clinical supervision and support programme alongside your university V300 qualification. It does not replace your university course or guarantee university admission, completion or professional registration.
Is the programme six months long?
The six-month period refers to post-qualification prescribing supervision following successful completion of V300. The placement and supervision plan during your university course is arranged around your individual requirements; six months is not stated as the total V300 programme length.
How are placements arranged?
Placements, supervision sessions and development days are planned around clinical opportunities and university requirements, with dates discussed in advance. Places are limited to support individual supervision.
What documents will I need?
Your university’s current DPP/DPS handbook, competency framework and relevant documentation are needed for review. The enquiry form collects your basic intake requirements; arrangements for sharing documentation are agreed directly afterwards.
When is payment due?
A £1,425 booking payment is required to secure a place, with the remaining £1,425 due no later than eight weeks before your predicted university intake start. If that start date is within eight weeks when booking, the full £2,850 is payable.
Can I pay or secure a place through this website?
This page currently supports enquiries only. We review your profession, university and intake requirements before advising on availability and booking arrangements. Sending an enquiry does not secure a place, take payment or enrol you automatically.
Is consultancy for my independent clinic included?
Specialist CQC, regulatory compliance and clinical governance consultancy is available separately. It is not part of the programme inclusions described here.
Do you offer fixed 45- or 90-hour packages?
Our website describes Willoway’s structured £2,850 clinical-support programme, not the reference clinic’s hour-based packages. Tell us your university’s current practice-hour and supervision requirements so we can assess your individual plan. Requirements should not be assumed from another provider’s website.
Does my university need to approve the arrangements?
Yes. Confirm that your proposed learning setting and supervisor/assessor arrangements are acceptable to your university before booking. Willoway cannot guarantee acceptance by every university or professional regulator.
Can I choose which patients or procedures I will see?
Learning opportunities are considered against your goals, but attendance, patient consent and clinical suitability vary. No fixed patient count, specific case mix or procedure is guaranteed. Discuss how your learning needs will be met and reviewed.
Can I prescribe independently during my placement?
Undertaking the university course or completing supervised hours does not itself give independent prescribing authority. Activities remain within your current professional competence, supervision arrangements and applicable requirements. Confirm qualification and registration requirements with your university and regulator before independent practice.
Will I sign a programme contract?
Yes. A contract is signed by both the student and our service provider, setting out the agreed support and responsibilities.
Can you complete my application paperwork before I pay?
No. Your £1,425 booking fee must be paid before we complete or sign university application paperwork. Your assessor or supervisor and clinical support arrangements must be in place for university entry; confirm your university’s specific process before booking. Payment does not guarantee university admission.
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