Community pharmacy

Programmes for community pharmacy

Our programmes for community pharmacy are diverse in both topic and format choice.

Open learning programmes

A self-study programme, split into manageable sections using activities, practice points and case studies to help you recap the learning. We have over 50 titles and it is our most popular learning format.

Open learning portfolio

 Workshops

In 2010, we launched a new workshop format - Route to revalidation. This new style of workshop will help you to develop a portfolio that could support revalidation as well as keep you up to date with current practice in a clinical topic. They are led by a CPPE tutor and are ideal for networking with other pharmacy colleagues.

 About Route to Revalidation

 focal point

Launched in 2008, focal point is designed to help you learn with your colleagues and improve the services you offer your patients. You can attend a tutor-led focal point event, set up a learning community or use it for self study. Each programme is developed to give you the opportunity to complete short, clinically focused learning sessions and activities that are relevant for pharmacy professionals working in the community and primary care.

About focal point programmes

Learning communities

Learn using CPPE focal point materials with your colleagues at a time and place to suit you.

About learning communities

 e-learning

Our e-learning programmes include BNF e-updates and Responsible pharmacist and can be easily accessed online.

About e-learning

 e-assessments

We have many online e-assessments for pharmacy services, including our Medicines use review assessment. Successful completion can be used as evidence of knowledge and skills used within practice.

About assessments

You can click the individual links above for a specific programme format or search our online learning portfolio.

Support for the pharmacy contract

CPPE have developed many programmes and assessments that will support the delivery of services for community pharmacy.

Support for public health services

View our public health leaflet (PDF) for more information.

Support for essential services

Our programmes that support the delivery of essential services can be found within a number of our themes. To find programmes that link to a service search our online learning portfolio

CPD guide supporting the patient questionnaire

We have put together a CPD guide to help community pharmacists consider how they can use the results of the Community Pharmacy Patient Questionnaire to inform their continuing professional development.

Download the CPD guide

Support for advanced services

You can access an online assessment which supports the advanced service of medicines use review. It has been developed by the University of Manchester, in partnership with CPPE. This assessment is certificated by the University of Manchester.

Access the Medicines use review online assessment

Support for enhanced services

We have produced a document in collaboration with the NPA detailing learning programmes and resources to support pharmacy services development.
Download the Pharmacy Services Development document

Harmonisation of accreditation for community pharmacy enhanced services

The Harmonisation of Accreditation Group (HAG) develops "Competencies and Training Frameworks" for individual enhanced services, which outline the purpose and design of suitable local training and promote these to PCTs as the standard for future accreditation requirements when commissioning such services. Many CPPE programmes are referenced in the HAG frameworks, including CPPE local solutions.

HAG Competencies and Training frameworks