NHS priorities

Whether it’s to prepare for the next Pharmacy Quality Scheme deadline, or to increase your confidence in helping people with a learning disability, this section provides topic-specific pages that link to current NHS priorities. This section will support you in keeping your knowledge and skills up to date in order to provide high-quality pharmacy services and be service-ready.

Clinical pharmacy

Our clinical portfolio is expanding on a frequent basis, helping you to advance your knowledge and skills and deliver medicines optimisation in practice for all sectors of pharmacy. From two new focal points a year to our small group learning for hospital pharmacists – Optimise – this section focuses on clinical pharmacy, diseases and therapeutics.

Public health

The public health agenda is embedded in pharmacy, yet topics such as emergency contraception or stop smoking support are as prevalent as ever. As well as our public health workshops, use this section to access a wide range of resources to assure and maintain your competence, all underpinned by the Declaration of Competence system.

CPPE programme guardians

CPPE has a quality assurance process called programme guardians. A programme guardian is a recognised expert in an area relevant to the content of a learning programme who reviews the programme every six to eight months. Following the regular programme guardian review we update the programme or develop an update document to accompany the programme.

Here is a list of our current learning topics and the programme guardians who review them.

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Programme/assessment Forenames Surname Last review date
Factsheet - End of life care Sandeep Kaur Whitehead 2023/09/20
Primary care essentials (2023) Sarah Kathryn Bateman 2023/09/20
Factsheet - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Helen Mary Meynell 2023/09/20
Primary care essentials e-course Susan Elizabeth Weatherhead 2023/09/11
Summary care records in community pharmacy (2023) Shelley Johnston 2023/09/11
Summary Care Records in community pharmacy Shelley Johnston 2023/09/11
Clinical supervisor training for CPPE national training pathways 1/2 Emma Jane Wright 2023/09/11
Clinical supervisor training for CPPE national training pathways 2/2 Emma Jane Wright 2023/09/11
Accuracy checking pharmacy technician sample online assessment Joan Mendez 2023/09/11
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and covert administration of medicines Richard Neil Keers 2023/08/31
Factsheet - Atrial fibrillation Clare Francis de Savingy Clarke 2023/08/31
Over-the-counter desogestrel progestogen-only pills case study Emma Louise Anderson 2023/08/30
Culturally competent communication in person-centred care Asam Latif 2023/08/29
Influenza Andrew Christopher Walton 2023/08/29
Immunisation in pharmacies - extending your service (Part 2) (2023) Andrew Christopher Walton 2023/08/29
Mental health and wellbeing in primary care James Antony Desborough 2023/08/29
Cardiovascular disease: stable angina Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Gastrointestinal disease: functional bowel disorders Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Gastrointestinal disease: colorectal cancer Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Gastrointestinal disease: diverticular disease Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Gastrointestinal disease: dyspepsia Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Cardiovascular disease: heart failure Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Gastrointestinal disease: inflammatory bowel disease Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Respiratory disease: Nebulisers Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Gastrointestinal disease: stoma management Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Cardiovascular disease: stroke Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Women’s health: Menstrual disorders Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Women’s health: Urogenital conditions Clare Hallam 2023/08/24
Life skills - developing your potential Sarah Helen Ridgway Green 2023/08/24
PCPEP Module 5 - e-course Primary care: advanced knowledge and skills development Alison Jane Butt 2023/08/24
NICPLD - Cardiovascular disease: stroke e-learning Not required 2023/08/24
Factsheet - Dementia Anne Elisabeth Child 2023/08/22
CPPE Facilitation skills induction Caroline Sarah Barraclough 2023/08/15
Dispensary-based calculations for pharmacy technicians (2023) Rebecca Sarah Bastable 2023/08/14
Dispensary-based calculations for pharmacy technicians Rebecca Sarah Bastable 2023/08/14
Immunisation in pharmacies - developing your service (Part 1) (2023) Andrew Christopher Walton 2023/08/10
Factsheet - Pain Baljinder Hampal 2023/08/09
Biochemistry (2023) Safiyyah Ul-Haq Mohammed 2023/08/09
Primary care pharmacy essential skills - residential workshop (Days 1 and 2) Christopher Richard Grahame 2023/08/07
Polypharmacy Julia Blagburn 2023/07/30
Consulting with people living with dementia Linda Collins 2023/07/30
Factsheet - Hypertension Julie Ann Cox 2023/07/18
Factsheet - Heart failure Alison Warren 2023/07/18
Factsheet - Coronary heart disease Asma Salim Patel 2023/07/18
CPPE Practice assessment Sarah Evans 2023/07/13
Fundamentals of respiratory therapeutics Rowan Tolhurst 2023/07/12
Factsheet - Parkinson's Shelley Anne Jones 2023/07/12
Fundamentals of respiratory therapeutics Christabelle Min Chen 2023/07/12
Factsheet - Pneumonia Emma Louise Simpkin 2023/07/12
Factsheet - Sepsis Emma Louise Simpkin 2023/07/12
Factsheet - Urinary tract infection Elizabeth Frances Beech 2023/07/12
Factsheet - Constipation Kerry Ann Burrows 2023/07/12
Fundamentals of respiratory therapeutics Elaine Lyons 2023/07/12
Fundamentals of respiratory therapeutics Alicia Catherine Louise Piwko 2023/07/12
Factsheet - Asthma in adults Anna Claire Murphy 2023/07/12
Factsheet - Aphasia Danielle Yvette Adams 2023/07/12
Fundamentals of renal therapeutics (2023) Maria Martinez Martinez 2023/07/11
Fundamentals of renal therapeutics Maria Martinez Martinez 2023/07/11
Contraception (2023) Emma Louise Anderson 2023/07/05
Factsheet - Thyroid dysfunction Sally Elizabeth James 2023/07/05
Children's oral health (2023) Laura Timms 2023/07/03
Factsheet - Glaucoma David Mcdaid 2023/07/03
Introduction to Accuracy checking pharmacy technician programme Clare Williams 2023/07/03
Addiction, misuse and dependency: A focus on over-the-counter and prescribed medicines (2023) Rosalind Emily Gittins 2023/06/26
Biochemistry: Coagulation case study 8 Lyndsey Stanley 2023/06/26
Pharmacy technicians: enhancing your professional practice Sarah Ann Deeming 2023/06/26
Reflection Sneha Varia 2023/06/26
Biochemistry: Primary hyperthyroidism case study 4 Sally Elizabeth James 2023/06/26
Biochemistry: Type 2 diabetes: blood glucose and cholesterol case study 5 Sally Elizabeth James 2023/06/26
Structured medication review Brian Leslie Conn 2023/06/19
Safeguarding in the care home setting Anne Elisabeth Child 2023/06/19
Emergency contraception (2023) Emma Louise Anderson 2023/06/19
Accuracy checking pharmacy technician - community Joanne Nevinson 2023/06/12
Transgender healthcare - consulting with dignity and respect Caroline Adekemi Abiola Olaitan Dada 2023/06/05
Return to prescribing Dianne Lisa Buchanan Bell 2023/05/31
Primary care pharmacy education - Module 2: Case 2 - Niamh Kelly Alison Warren 2023/05/31
Remote consultation skills Lloyd James Hambridge 2023/05/30
Factsheet - Pulmonary embolism Jasvinder Singh Kaler 2023/05/30
Consultation skills: what good practice looks like Clare Elizabeth Smith 2023/05/26
Primary care pharmacy essential skills - residential workshop (Days 3 and 4) Cornelia Juengst 2023/05/25
Factsheet - Hypertension Shahzadi Houma Garrood 2023/05/25
Emergency contraception Emma Louise Anderson 2023/05/19
Clinical history-taking: what a good consultation looks like Anujeet Panesar 2023/05/19
Introduction to Accuracy checking pharmacy technician programme Clare Williams 2023/05/09
Primary care pharmacy education - Module 2: Case 1 - Alexander Nowicki Magnus Iain Hird 2023/05/09
Assess the patient: Prescribing Dianne Lisa Buchanan Bell 2023/05/04
Present options and reach a shared decision: Prescribing Dianne Lisa Buchanan Bell 2023/05/04
Provide information: Prescribing Dianne Lisa Buchanan Bell 2023/05/04
Prescribe professionally: Prescribing Dianne Lisa Buchanan Bell 2023/05/04
I want to be a prescriber: Prescribing Dianne Lisa Buchanan Bell 2023/05/04
Minor ailments: a clinical approach (2023) Simon John Butterworth 2023/05/04
Clinical assessment skills for pharmacy technicians: Primary care pathways Sally-Jane Hamilton 2023/05/02
Skill mix Samantha Susan Jayne Quaye 2023/04/30
Leadership in primary care - Workshop A: Achieving your potential Emma Jane Wright 2023/04/27
Leadership in primary care - Workshop B: Achieving the best from teams Emma Jane Wright 2023/04/27
Repeat dispensing (2023) Sumanto Sinha 2023/04/27
Repeat dispensing Sumanto Sinha 2023/04/27
Type 2 diabetes: supporting people better - focal point (2023) Huda Latif 2023/04/25
Type 2 Diabetes: supporting people better - focal point Huda Latif 2023/04/25
BPSA website - check for currency of CPPE programmes Emma Louise Anderson 2023/04/25
Learning disabilities - medicines optimisation support (Primary care pathways) David Keith Gerrard 2023/04/21
Emergency contraception Emma Louise Anderson 2023/04/18
Leading for change online workshop 1 - getting started Jane Caroline Portlock 2023/04/11
Leading for change online workshop 2 - achieving your potential Jane Caroline Portlock 2023/04/11
Leading for change online workshop 3 - developing your team and your services Jane Caroline Portlock 2023/04/11
Leading for change online workshop 4 - achieving the best from your team Jane Caroline Portlock 2023/04/11
Factsheet - Bipolar disorder Nahim Iqbal Khan 2023/04/11
Risk management Alison Ann Crompton 2023/04/02
Risk management (2023) Alison Ann Crompton 2023/04/02
Factsheet - Stroke Sara Gail Moore 2023/03/28
Helping others learn - Primary care pharmacy education Naomi Dawn Melville 2023/03/28
Stable angina - second-line medicines Lyndsey Stanley 2023/03/23
Factsheet - Inflammatory bowel disease Vishika Veeta Rabadia 2023/03/20
Advanced clinical assessment skills: Primary care pathways Anujeet Panesar 2023/03/16
Deprescribing Kathryn Elizabeth Smith 2023/03/16
Factsheet - Anxiety disorders and depression in older people Hazel Louise Sharp 2023/03/14
Opioids Sadian Chadburn 2023/03/09
Pharmacology Sadian Chadburn 2023/03/09
Combatting CSE - An e-learning resource for healthcare professionals Clare Hallam 2023/03/09
Learning disabilities David Keith Gerrard 2023/03/08
Suicide awareness Hayley Christine Gorton 2023/03/06
Shared decision making Simon Jacklin 2023/03/02
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - focal point (2023) Helen Mary Meynell 2023/02/25
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - focal point Helen Mary Meynell 2023/02/25
Factsheet - Osteoporosis Danielle Yvette Adams 2023/02/23
Facilitation skills Sarah Helen Ridgway Green 2023/02/23
CPPE facilitation skills residential Sarah Helen Ridgway Green 2023/02/23
Consultation skills for pharmacy support staff Hannah Rose Twigg 2023/02/18
Clinical calculations for pharmacy professionals Nicola Jane Harrap 2023/02/17
Clinical calculations for pharmacy professionals (2023) Nicola Jane Harrap 2023/02/17
Respiratory and Cardiovascular clinical assessment skills residential workshop - Days 1 and 2 Anujeet Panesar 2023/02/16
Safe processes for medicines optimisation in the care home Alison Jones 2023/02/14
Urgent care: the role of the community pharmacy and the NHS CPCS scheme Lauren Reay 2023/02/11
Supporting people living with dementia Not required 2023/02/10
Preparing for community pharmacy practice Rachel Violet Murray 2023/02/09
Supporting people living with dementia Anne Elisabeth Child 2023/02/08
Hypertension - focal point (2023) Paul Garry Wright 2023/02/06
Hypertension - focal point Paul Garry Wright 2023/02/06
Sepsis: Focus on sepsis management for people in hospital Mark Alexander James Clymer 2023/02/02
Mental health cards Amanda Jayne Parkinson 2023/01/31
Controlled drugs in chronic pain: supporting patients with safe and effective use (2023) Janice Margaret Perkins 2023/01/26
Controlled drugs in chronic pain: supporting patients with safe and effective use Janice Margaret Perkins 2023/01/26
Responsible pharmacist Richard Thomas Dunne 2023/01/20
Medicines optimisation - helping people get the most from their medicines Anne Margaret Cole 2023/01/19
How digital technology can transform care Leo Philip Martin-Scott 2023/01/13
Documenting in patient clinical records Shona Marie King 2023/01/12
Falls prevention (2023) Faye Michelle Gallon 2023/01/11
Falls prevention Faye Michelle Gallon 2023/01/11
Module 4 - e-course (MOCH and PCPEP) Leadership Emma Jane Wright 2023/01/10
Professionalism and professional judgement for pharmacy technicians Bianca Jayne Glavin 2023/01/10
Improving the quality of over-the-counter (OTC) consultations for simple analgesics (2023) Rosalind Emily Gittins 2023/01/05
Contraception Emma Louise Anderson 2023/01/05
CPPE Principles of assessment Elizabeth McAllister Allsup 2023/01/03
Making an impact across systems Emma Jane Wright 2022/12/21
Cardiac arrhythmias Paul Garry Wright 2022/12/18
NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation service e-course Lauren Reay 2022/12/16
NHS Community pharmacist consultation service: clinical assessment - essential skills workshop Lauren Reay 2022/12/16
Confidence in consultation skills (full day event) Clare Elizabeth Smith 2022/12/15
Health inequalities (2023) Dorothy Wene Uche Egede 2022/12/13
Health inequalities Dorothy Wene Uche Egede 2022/12/13
Introduction to genomics in pharmacy (2023) Dyfrig Arwyn Hughes 2022/12/13
Introduction to genomics in pharmacy Dyfrig Arwyn Hughes 2022/12/13
PCPEP - Quality improvement e-course units Emma Jane Wright 2022/12/08
NHS Discharge Medicines Service: improving outcomes for patients transferring care (2023) Alistair Howard Gray 2022/12/06
NHS Discharge Medicines Service: improving outcomes for patients transferring care Alistair Howard Gray 2022/12/06
Primary care pharmacy education - Module 2: Case 5 - Virginie Dubois Kerry Ann Burrows 2022/12/02
Reducing the risk of preventable medicines-related hospital admissions Perminder Kaur Oberai 2022/11/29
Factsheet - Cancer Clayton Kei Chun Wong 2022/11/28
Biochemistry: Acute kidney injury case study 1 Reena Sharma 2022/11/28
Biochemistry: Iron deficiency anaemia case study 3 Reena Sharma 2022/11/28
Biochemistry: Drug induced liver injury case study 2 Reena Sharma 2022/11/28
Biochemistry: Cardiac markers case study 9 To be Advised 2022/11/22
Accessible Information Standard - making it work (2023) Paul Anthony Jenks 2022/11/18
Accessible Information Standard - making it work Paul Anthony Jenks 2022/11/18
Transfer of care: supporting patients moving into and out of hospital Alistair Howard Gray 2022/11/18
Weight management for adults: understanding the management of obesity Jacqui Copp 2022/11/15
Weight management for adults: understanding the management of obesity (2023) Jacqui Copp 2022/11/15
Consulting with people with mental health problems Linda Collins 2022/11/15
NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation service: essential skills Lauren Reay 2022/11/14
Your foundation training year Laura Jane Broad 2022/11/11
Student pharmacist Laura Jane Broad 2022/11/11
The General Data Protection Regulation (2023) Paul Anthony Jenks 2022/11/11
The General Data Protection Regulation - making it work Paul Anthony Jenks 2022/11/11
Vascular risk and the NHS health check programme Paul Garry Wright 2022/11/10
From day one of practice (face-to-face) Caroline Sarah Barraclough 2022/11/04
Respiratory disease: Nebulisers Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Gastrointestinal disease: stoma management Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Cardiovascular disease: stroke Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Travel health - understanding and supporting travellers' wellbeing Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Women’s health: Menstrual disorders Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Women’s health: Urogenital conditions Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Cardiovascular disease: stable angina Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Cardiovascular disease: anticoagulation Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Biochemistry: Section 1 Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Biochemistry: Section 2 Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Biochemistry: Section 3 Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Gastrointestinal disease: functional bowel disorders Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Gastrointestinal disease: colorectal cancer Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Controlled drugs: striking a balance Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Gastrointestinal disease: diverticular disease Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Gastrointestinal disease: dyspepsia Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Cardiovascular disease: heart failure Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Gastrointestinal disease: inflammatory bowel disease Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Helping others learn Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Effective workplace training Sadian Chadburn 2022/11/04
Providing pharmacy services for secure environments (2023) Denise Loredana Piper 2022/11/04
Providing pharmacy services for secure environments Denise Loredana Piper 2022/11/04
Consulting with children and young people Nanna Christiansen 2022/11/03
Case-based discussion assessor training for CPPE national training pathways Helen Gaynor Middleton 2022/11/03
Optimising inhaler technique: improving outcomes Anna Claire Murphy 2022/11/01
Substance use and misuse (2023) Kevin Michael Ratcliffe 2022/10/25
Atrial fibrillation detection in community pharmacy: what you need to become service ready Zainab Amirali Khanbhai 2022/10/25
Biochemistry: Bacterial infection case study 6 Adam Brian Sutherland 2022/10/13
From day one of practice (online) Caroline Sarah Barraclough 2022/10/11
CPPE: supporting student pharmacists (online) Caroline Sarah Barraclough 2022/10/11
Sexual health in pharmacies (2023) Emma Louise Anderson 2022/10/11
Sexual health in pharmacies Emma Louise Anderson 2022/10/11
Orientation to hospital pharmacy Mehvosh Parvez Akhtar 2022/10/10
Primary care essentials e-course Nuala Mary Hampson 2022/10/09
Vascular risk and the NHS health check programme (2023) Paul Garry Wright 2022/10/08
Fundamentals of palliative care Steven John Wanklyn 2022/10/06
Fundamentals of palliative care (2023) Steven John Wanklyn 2022/10/06
Reducing look-alike, sound-alike errors (LASA) (2023) Victoria Steele 2022/10/05
Reducing look-alike, sound-alike errors (LASA) Victoria Steele 2022/10/05
New medicine service (NMS) Clare Elizabeth Smith 2022/10/01