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Thinking of applying to an independent prescribing course? Waiting for one to begin? This programme will ensure you are prepared and ready.
Are you a pharmacist or pharmacy technician employed as part of the primary care network Direct Enhanced Service additional role reimbursement scheme? Join our pathway.
This 12-month programme is designed to support you to deliver safe and effective patient care at this pivotal stage in your career as you transition from a trainee to a fully qualified pharmacist. Applications are now open for Cohort 7.
A pathway for community pharmacy technicians to develop the skills and confidence to deliver effective clinical services in community pharmacy.
Demonstrate your commitment to antimicrobial stewardship by interpreting prescribing data for your local area and identifying quality improvement opportunities. Book a place at a face-to-face workshop.
Legislation has changed to add pharmacy technicians to the list of healthcare professionals who can work under a PGD. This programme can empower you to extend your scope of practice and increase capacity for person-centred care.
In our new programme, you’ll learn how to identify overprescribing in your own area of practice and empower people to be more involved in decisions about their care.
Are you ready for person-centred consultations about genomics? This programme can inform those discussions, supporting you as this promising area of healthcare evolves.
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See all newsOur learning and assessment will support you in keeping your knowledge and skills up to date in order to deliver high-quality pharmacy services. We can help you to equip yourself with the tools to be service-ready and support the medicines optimisation and public health agendas.
ExploreThe aim of this programme is to develop your skills and confidence in supporting people to optimise their adherence to medicines in asthma. You will consider how to identify non-adherence, the different types of non-adherence and how to use a person-centred approach to optimise adherence through personalised interventions.
8 October 2024 at 19:00
Asthma: optimising adherence to medicines - focal pointZoom Room (Bu), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_Bu
Sarah Gough and Craig Smith
This residential workshop is only for pharmacy professionals who are taking part in Primary care pharmacy education pathway.
This two-day residential workshop is part of four days covering essential topics for pharmacy professionals working in primary care. It will help you develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to optimise medicines use in primary care networks and develop your role in primary care. It is intended for those new to the role and those with experience of working in primary care.
You need to attend all four days to complete the module.
This is a residential workshop, so CPPE will provide dinner and your overnight accommodation between days 1 and 2. This means you are ready to begin day 2 at 8:30am and gives you the opportunity to get to know your colleagues on the pathway.
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8 October 2024 at 10:00
Primary care pharmacy essential skills - residential workshop (Days 1 and 2)Novotel Bristol Centre, Bristol, BS1 6HY
Brian Conn and Naomi Melville
This event is only for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are taking part in one of the primary care extended education pathways.
The aim of this case study and associated online workshop is to update your clinical knowledge on type 2 diabetes and its associated complications and apply this to people with complex medical needs. To complete the learning for this case, you will also need to access the ‘Role of the Dietician in Primary Care’ webinar. To find the booking information please access your cohort page on the canvas pathway notice board.
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9 October 2024 at 09:30
Primary care pharmacy education - Module 2: Case 4 - Haider AhmedZoom Room (Cherry), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PC
Claire Bones and Ellen Carberry
This event is only for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are taking part in one of the primary care extended education pathways.
The aim of this case study and associated online workshop is to update your clinical knowledge on type 2 diabetes and its associated complications and apply this to people with complex medical needs. To complete the learning for this case, you will also need to access the ‘Role of the Dietician in Primary Care’ webinar. To find the booking information please access your cohort page on the canvas pathway notice board.
@CPPEprimarycare @cppeengland #CPPEHaiderAhmed #PCPEP @NHS_HealthEdEng #Pharmacy integration
9 October 2024 at 13:30
Primary care pharmacy education - Module 2: Case 4 - Haider AhmedZoom Room (Cherry), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PC
Claire Bones and Ellen Carberry
This residential workshop is only for pharmacy professionals who are taking part in Primary care pharmacy education pathway.
This two-day residential workshop is part of four days covering essential topics for pharmacy professionals working in primary care. It will help you develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to optimise medicines use in primary care networks and develop your role in primary care. It is intended for those new to the role and those with experience of working in primary care.
You need to attend all four days to complete the module.
This is a residential workshop, so CPPE will provide dinner and your overnight accommodation between days 1 and 2. This means you are ready to begin day 2 at 8:30am and gives you the opportunity to get to know your colleagues on the pathway.
#PCPEP
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9 October 2024 at 10:00
Primary care pharmacy essential skills - residential workshop (Days 1 and 2)Cranage Hall Hotel, Cheshire, CW4 8EW
Sameena Mir and Rizvan Ahmed
10 October 2024 at 19:00
Falls preventionZoom Room (Co), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_Co
Kelly Ford and Sarah Hounsell
This event is only for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are taking part in one of the primary care extended education pathways.
The aim of this case study and associated online workshop is to update your clinical knowledge on type 2 diabetes and its associated complications and apply this to people with complex medical needs. To complete the learning for this case, you will also need to access the ‘Role of the Dietician in Primary Care’ webinar. To find the booking information please access your cohort page on the canvas pathway notice board.
@CPPEprimarycare @cppeengland #CPPEHaiderAhmed #PCPEP @NHS_HealthEdEng #Pharmacy integration
10 October 2024 at 09:30
Primary care pharmacy education - Module 2: Case 4 - Haider AhmedZoom Room (Cherry), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PC
Carrie Ackerman and Debby Faries
This event is only for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are taking part in one of the primary care extended education pathways.
The aim of this case study and associated online workshop is to update your clinical knowledge on type 2 diabetes and its associated complications and apply this to people with complex medical needs. To complete the learning for this case, you will also need to access the ‘Role of the Dietician in Primary Care’ webinar. To find the booking information please access your cohort page on the canvas pathway notice board.
@CPPEprimarycare @cppeengland #CPPEHaiderAhmed #PCPEP @NHS_HealthEdEng #Pharmacy integration
10 October 2024 at 13:30
Primary care pharmacy education - Module 2: Case 4 - Haider AhmedZoom Room (Cherry), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PC
Carrie Ackerman and Debby Faries
This residential workshop is only for pharmacy professionals who are taking part in Primary care pharmacy education pathway.
This two-day residential workshop is part of four days covering essential topics for pharmacy professionals working in primary care. It will help you develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to optimise medicines use in primary care networks and develop your role in primary care. It is intended for those new to the role and those with experience of working in primary care.
You need to attend all four days to complete the module.
This is a residential workshop, so CPPE will provide dinner and your overnight accommodation between days 1 and 2. This means you are ready to begin day 2 at 8:30am and gives you the opportunity to get to know your colleagues on the pathway.
#PCPEP
@CPPEPCPEP
10 October 2024 at 10:00
Primary care pharmacy essential skills - residential workshop (Days 1 and 2)DoubleTree by Hilton London Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 5PU
Clara Alonso Malpartida and Chandni Gadher
The aim of this online workshop is to update your clinical knowledge of the pharmaceutical management of several long-term neurological conditions to enable you to help facilitate the seamless transfer of care for people living with these conditions between different care settings. You will consider how to support people living with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and Acquired Brain Injury.
It will enable you to identify specific issues that should be considered in optimising the medicines of people living with long-term neurological conditions, living in either care homes or their own homes and will support you as a pharmacy professional to help implement the Enhanced health in care home framework.
After you select Choose an event, please be aware that workshop listings which require keycodes to access are for pharmacy professionals taking part in the Primary care pharmacy education pathway, while workshops that do not require a keycode are for all other pharmacy professionals who have identified this topic as a learning need.
11 October 2024 at 09:30
Neurology in primary careZoom Room (Larch), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PL
Ciara Richardson and Anisha Patel
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ExploreYou asked what CPPE provided to help you work towards the Pharmacy Quality Scheme.
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We developed a new residential course, Return to prescribing, and a guide to prescriber CPD.
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