Prescribers subgroup - Dietitian Prescribing: Advancing Practice, Evidencing Impact, Shaping the Future Study Day

Hosted by Prescribers subgroup

The programme includes updates on independent prescribing, alongside presentations showcasing research and case studies, and safe prescribing updates. Attendees will hear presentations from members of the committee as well as external speakers with interactive workshops focused on building case study evidence and a valuable opportunity to capture evidence for your portfolio.

The day also features networking breaks, the Annual General Meeting, question and answer sessions plus a chance to discuss clinical management plans/ 

• Welcome and Introduction – Dr Alison Culkin, Consultant Dietitian, St Mark’s Hospital, Chair of the Prescribers subgroup
  
  More about Alison - Alison is a Consultant Dietitian at St Mark’s hospital, London which is a national reference centre for severe intestinal failure. She is a member of the nutrition team initiating and monitoring patients requiring home parenteral nutrition (HPN). She completed her PhD in 2010 investigating the manipulation of glutamine and taurine in HPN on patient outcomes as well as patient knowledge and behaviour change. In addition, she investigated the immune status of patients on HPN specifically their dendritic cell and gut homing lymphocyte function.
   
• Launch of a National Research Project Capturing Patient Perspectives on Dietitian Prescribing – Dr Sharon Huish, ACP and lead for the kidney dietetic service at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
  
  More about Sharon - Dr Sharon Huish is an advanced-practice renal dietitian and Renal Dietetic Service Lead at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. She is a recognised research leader in chronic kidney disease–mineral bone disorders (CKD-MBD), with expertise spanning vitamin D metabolism in haemodialysis patients and patient experiences of the rare condition calciphylaxis.
   
• A survey to explore healthcare professionals’ views on dietitian supplementary prescribing – Dr Nicki Ruddock, ACP Renal Dietitian, University Hospitals Leicester
  
  More about Nicki - Dr Nicki Ruddock: Kidney dietitian since 1994 and currently working as an ACP dietitian at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Special interest in CKD-MBD, a complication of CKD, and have taught on the post registration renal course for dietitians for many years on this topic. Qualified as a supplementary prescriber in 2018 and holds the position of research officer on the BDA Prescribers subgroup.
   
• Redefining Roles, Redefining Results: A case study of Dietitian Prescribing in T2 Diabetes Care – Elaine Jennings, Advanced Practice Diabetes Dietitian for diabetes dietetics, Betsi Cadwaldr University Health Board
  
  More about Elaine - Elaine has over 30 years dietetic experience and has worked across primary, secondary and tertiary centres throughout her career.   Over the past 20 years Elaine has worked within specialist diabetes teams across North Wales where she was Service Lead for Diabetes Dietetics for 5 years.  She has particular expertise in Mental illness, eating disorders and diabetes.
   
• Risk assessment in prescribing – William Swain, Associate Professor, UCL School of Pharmacy 
   
• Identifying and supporting medication adherence: Tools and techniques to use in practice - Sarah Chapman, Senior Lecturer in Medicines Use, Director Centre for Adherence Research and Education, King’s College London
  
  More about Sarah - Sarah is Senior Lecturer in Medicines Use at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London and Director of the Centre for Adherence Research and Education (CARE). She is a psychologist with expertise in patient perceptions of medication and adherence support. With CARE, Sarah develops resources and training to support a range of healthcare professionals to effectively address medication nonadherence.
   
• Evidencing dietitian prescribing; turning your day-to-day data into a conference abstract - Dr Yvonne Jeanes, BDA Head of Research and Impact
  
  More about Yvonne - Dr Yvonne Jeanes is the Head of Research and Impact at the British Dietetic Association.  Yvonne has moved from a university setting where I led and supervised healthcare professionals undertake a broad variety of research projects inclusive of laboratory analysis, clinical data and broader survey-based data such as studies that explore the rapidly evolving healthcare provision for adults with coeliac disease.
   
• Early experiences of prescribing of Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) analogues for short bowel syndrome chronic intestinal failure by dietitian supplementary prescribers: three cases - Sarah-Jane Nelson, Principal Dietitian and Clinical Lead, Regional Intestinal Failure Service, Northern Ireland  
  
  More about Sarah - Sarah-Jane is a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University. Sarah-Jane is currently Principal Dietitian and Clinical Team Lead for Nutritional Support/ Intestinal failure for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust managing the Regional service for more than 220 Intestinal Failure patients. Sarah-Jane sits on the National Executive of British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) as Artificial Nutrition and Hydration Offiicer and leads the NHS commissioned Intestinal Failure Registry for the UK.

   

• Building the case for independent prescribing: A fully interactive case study workshop – Coordinators: Pascale Varley, Sejal Pandya and Laura Troiano (Prescribers subgroup committee)
   
• Remote prescribing: Where governance is not optional seasoning - Michelle Lewington, Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Prescribing, Edinburgh Napier University 
  
  More about Michelle - Michelle Lewington is a registered nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience and has practised as a nurse prescriber for the past 10 years. Currently, she works as an Adult Nursing Lecturer at Edinburgh Napier University, where she also contributes to the development of prescribing practice.
  Currently, in the fourth year of a part-time PhD, Michelle’s research focuses on governance structures that support safe remote prescribing.

Limited places available - early booking is strongly advised!

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn, share, and grow your prescribing confidence.

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Cost

• Prescribers Subgroup early bird (before 1 Feb 2026) £50 
• Prescribers Subgroup (after 1 Feb 2026) £65 
• Advanced Practice Group members £65
• Other Specialist Group members £75
• BDA Members £100
• Non Members £150

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