Sally Porter
Lecturer-Practitioner in Prescribing and Medicines Optimisation
Profile
Biography
Sally qualified as a Pharmacist in 1995 and gained a diploma in Community Clinical Pharmacy in 2002.
She worked with a team of Pharmacy professionals to develop and deliver the medicines management agenda for primary care organisations in Doncaster. She has provided prescribing support to a broad range of general practice teams.
She was the Director of a multi-award winning community Pharmacy.
Sally is a Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA).
Sally is the co-host and lead scriptwriter for Prescriber Pod, a peer-reviewed educational podcast that applies evidence-based pharmacology to real-world prescribing practice.
Qualifications
- BPharm (Hons) in Pharmacy
- PgDip (Pharm) in Community Clinical Pharmacy
- Practice Certificate in Supplementary Prescribing
- Practice Certificate in Independent Prescribing
- Teaching and Supporting Learning in Higher Education
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
External activities
Memberships
- Registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council.
- Member of the Royal College of Pharmacy (RCPharm)
- Faculty Member (Advanced Stage II) of the RCPharm
- Member of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association.
Contact details
Sally
Porter
Lecturer-Practitioner in Prescribing and Medicines Optimisation
Publications
Selected publications
- Porter, S. and Chambers, A. (2026). 'Prescriber Pod': development of a pharmacology podcast for health professionals on a non-medical prescribing programme. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 8(9), 380-389
- Porter, S. (2024). Blended approaches to postgraduate teaching for non-medical prescribers. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 6(8), 340-349
- Porter, S. (2023). Prescribing medicines in people with renal impairment. Nursing Standard, 38(11). [Online]. Available at: doi: 10.7748/ns.2023.e12218 [
Accessed 14 November 2023]. - Porter, S. (2022). Using the British National Formulary app to support safe prescribing: a practical guide. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 4(10). [Online]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.12968/
jprp.2022.4.10.440 [Accessed 18 October 2022]. - Porter, S. and Chambers, A. (2026). 'Prescriber Pod': Development of a pharmacology podcast for postgraduate healthcare professionals on a Non-medical prescribing programme. York Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal, 8, 152-181.