Using CPPE and its services

CPPE - Provider of educational solutions for the NHS pharmacy workforce across England to maximise their contribution to improving patient care.

We recognise that people have different styles and levels of learning, as well as wanting to improve their practice within specific areas of pharmacy. Read the information below to get you started on your journey with CPPE.

Download a short guide to CPPE and its services (PDF)

Who can use CPPE?

To access our learning you must be a practising pharmacist or pharmacy technician, registered with the RPSGB, providing NHS services in England. For more information about the RPSGB visit: www.rpsgb.org.uk

How much does it cost?

We are funded by the Department of Health to offer free programmes to practising pharmacy professionals registered with the RPSGB, providing NHS services in England. The vast majority of CPPE learning programmes are free of charge to our eligible users. A limited number of specific programmes do have a fee but these are significantly subsidised.

All customers registered for an event are subject to the CPPE cancellation policy and short notice of a cancellation will incur a charge. People attending the CPPE return to practice course will also incur a small charge towards this subsidised course

What learning can I order?

You can order or book up to 12 learning programmes with CPPE in a rolling year. This includes a maximum of eight events. Programmes downloaded from the website, e-learning and e-assessments do not count towards your annual limit.

Where is CPPE based?

We are based at the University of Manchester, and are part of the Workforce Academy within the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Our location can be found on our contact us page.

Supporting you

If you have any questions about your orders, bookings, our programmes or our service, or you would like to send general feedback, please contact us on: info@cppe.ac.uk.

Where do I start?

The easiest way for you to use CPPE for your professional development is to register on to this website. To register with CPPE you will need the following information:

RPSGB registration (or prereg) number
Surname as held by the RPSGB
Date of birth as held by the RPSGB
Post code as held by the RPSGB
Valid email address

Once you have registered you will be able to log in and have full access to the website, from ordering programmes, booking on to events and downloading programmes, to accessing e-learning and e-assessments. To find out more about who can register with CPPE, go to our login and register help page.

Learning programmes

We have a wide portfolio of programmes within our full learning portfolio. To help you to choose programmes that will best meet your learning needs we have divided our programmes into different themes, and within each theme you will see a variety of learning formats and categories of learning. To find out more about themes, categories and programme formats go to learning with CPPE.

Many of our programmes are developed to support specific services and we have designed programme formats for specific areas of pharmacy: focal point for community pharmacy teams, CPPE local solutions for training on local services and learning@lunch for hospital pharmacy teams. For more information on how our programmes can support your area of practice go to where I work.