NHS priorities

Whether it’s to prepare for the next Quality Payments 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.


 Antimicrobial resistance
 Care homes
 Child health
 Consultation skills (advanced)
 Consultation skills (foundation)
 COVID-19
 Education
 General practice
 Health and Justice pharmacy (prisons and secure environments)
 Leadership
 Learning disabilities
 Management
 Medication review
 Medicines reconciliation
 Medicines use reviews
 New medicines service
 NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service
 Older people
 Patient safety
 Pharmacy technicians
 Prescribing
 Repeat dispensing
 Return to practice
 Revalidation
 Safeguarding
 Sepsis
 Summary Care Records
 Transfer of care
 Urgent care

More topics coming soon...

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.


 Anticoagulation
 Atrial fibrillation and arrhythmias
 Biochemistry
 Cancer
 Dementia
 Dermatology
 Diabetes (type 1)
 Diabetes (type 2)
 Gastrointestinal
 Heart failure
 Hypertension
 Infections
 Ischaemic heart disease
 Liver
 Mental health
 Minor ailments
 Musculoskeletal
 Neurology
 Pain
 Palliative care
 Renal
 Respiratory
 Surgery

More topics coming soon...

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.


 Alcohol
 Contraception
 Emergency hormonal contraception
 Health Checks
 Healthy Living Pharmacies
 Immunisation
 Oral health
 Sexual health
 Smoking
 Substance misuse
 Weight management

More topics coming soon...

Developing your career

Return to practice

Our Return to practice residential course supports:

  • pharmacists returning to community pharmacy practice following a career break
  • professionals wanting to change sector
  • pharmacists with recognised EEA qualifications who wish to practice community pharmacy in England.

If you have been out of practice or off the register for more than a year and want to return to pharmacy practice to provide NHS services in England within the next six months, this course is for you. Read our customer testimonials.

The course is divided into two two-day sessions. It supports you to update your clinical knowledge and skills, and gives you an opportunity to take part in a typical pharmacy day and to develop your communication skills. View our sample agendas for Days 1-2 and Days 3-4.

Read our frequently asked questions about returning to practice.

Return to practice is held in Ettington Chase Hotel, Banbury Road, Ettington, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7NZ.

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Next available course

Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, we are looking at moving these workshops online. The next course dates will be announced shortly.

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