Take a few minutes to watch our short trailer video for the CPPE Newly qualified pharmacist programme. It gives a quick overview of what pharmacists can expect and how the programme supports them in their early years of practice, helping to build confidence, develop skills, and provide support every step of the way.
Hear from Dan Thirlwell (a community pharmacy employer) about the benefits of supporting a newly qualified pharmacist through the CPPE programme.
Newly qualified pharmacists have described 'lack of confidence', 'decision making', 'managing professional relationships', 'being in charge', and 'adapting to the workplace' as the greatest challenges they face. We want to support newly qualified pharmacists to adapt to this new stage in their career.
The programme is designed to support newly qualified pharmacists to become better equipped to deliver safe and effective person-centred care and overcome the challenges of this new stage of their career. It will be the first step in their post-registration professional development journey and provides comprehensive learning to support them to springboard towards Independent Prescribing (IP) training.
The 12-month programme, fully funded by NHS England (NHSE) as part of their Newly Qualified Pharmacist pathway, takes a blended learning approach, offering a mix of online learning, workshops, supervised learning events and work-based support through a designated CPPE education supervisor.
If you’re an employer or a newly qualified pharmacist and want to explore what the programme offers, start by visiting our training programme page, where you can watch our short information webinar video giving you an overview of how the programme supports newly qualified pharmacists in their early years of practice.
The CPPE Newly qualified pharmacist programme is for pharmacists who are registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) from 2023 onwards* and are employed or locuming in any of the following settings as their main role:
* Pharmacists who registered before 2023 who are returning from a career break are also eligible to apply.
** Pharmacists working in posts which are funded via the primary care network (PCN) additional roles reimbursement scheme are not eligible to apply for the CPPE Newly qualified pharmacist programme as they are required to enrol on the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP).
Hospital pharmacists are not eligible to apply. Hospital pharmacists are not eligible to apply for the CPPE programme; They can enrol on the NHS England Newly Qualified Pharmacist Pathway which complements training provided by their employer.
Pharmacists who are not working in a patient-facing role are not eligible because the Newly qualified pharmacist programme is a workplace-based vocational programme.
If you are changing your area of practice, then please see our early careers pharmacists page for resources to support you to move into community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy or primary care.
Cohort 10
Applications open: 12 January 2026
Applications close: 20 March 2026
Start date: 23 March 2026
Contact newlyqualified@cppe.ac.uk if you cannot find the answers to your questions about the Newly qualified pharmacist programme on our website.
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