PQS forms part of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework. We offer learning and assessments to support you in achieving criteria relating to the medicines optimisation and patient safety domains in the 2025-26 version of the scheme.
Designed and delivered in partnership with senior leaders from across the profession, our programme is aimed at pharmacy professionals who hold a formal leadership qualification and aspire to a more significant leadership role.
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.
The NHS Pharmacy First service is here. CPPE can help you get up to speed. Explore our range of learning resources to get started.
Our online workshop gives you skills and confidence in using a person-centred approach to having conversations with people about depression.
Are you on your way to becoming an inspiring and effective pharmacy leader? Want to bridge the gap between foundation and advanced practice? If you answered yes to both, this is the programme for you.
Our e-course to improve your knowledge in prevention, detection and management and support people living with or at risk of diabetes.
A pathway to support pharmacy professionals to advance their practice in the education, training and development of others.
A new way to gain more knowledge and skills to provide person-centred support to people living with Parkinson’s
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ExploreOur 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.
ExploreThis 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 online workshop is to support pharmacy professionals to explore their personal leadership and the systems they are leading in. There are two online workshops that form part of the 13-week online module Leadership in primary care.
This booking is for workshop B: Leadership in primary care: Achieving the best from teams.
This workshop runs from 9.30am to 3.30pm.
Prework
All pathway pharmacy professionals must complete the entire Module 4 e-course before this online workshop as well as completing the reflective questions outlined in the pre-workshop handout.
All prework must be completed for this workshop or you will not be permitted to attend.
21 July 2025 at 09:30
Leadership in primary care - Workshop B: Achieving the best from teamsZoom Room (Gorse), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PG
Claire Wiebe and Debby Faries
The aim of this programme is to develop your knowledge and skills to enable you to optimise infection management in primary care by interpreting antimicrobial prescribing metrics, identifying quality improvement opportunities, and recognising infection prevention and control as an integral part of antimicrobial stewardship.
Please note: If you are currently enrolled on the Primary care pharmacy education pathway, you can attend this workshop because the content is not covered in the pathway. However, this workshop cannot be included in your protected study hours.
21 July 2025 at 19:00
Optimising infection managementZoom Room (El), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_El
Anita Joy and Clare Daly
This event is only for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who are taking part in one of the primary care extended education pathways.
The aim for this case study and associated study day is to support pharmacy professionals working in primary care to update their clinical knowledge on supporting somebody with a complex cardiac history, and includes cardiac conditions such as hypertension and heart failure.
21 July 2025 at 09:30
Primary care pharmacy education - Module 2: Case 2 - Niamh KellyZoom Room (Larch), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PL
Karen Walker and Sandra Darkwa
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 learning set is to enable you to develop your knowledge and skills of safe and effective processes in care homes, including prescription ordering, medicine storage and completing relevant documentation.
21 July 2025 at 09:30
Safe processes for medicines optimisation in the care homeZoom Room (Beech), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PB
Christine Ramsay and Karen Thomas
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 learning set is to enable you to develop your knowledge and skills of safe and effective processes in care homes, including prescription ordering, medicine storage and completing relevant documentation.
21 July 2025 at 13:30
Safe processes for medicines optimisation in the care homeZoom Room (Beech), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PB
Christine Ramsay and Karen Thomas
The aim of this workshop is to develop your knowledge and skills to enable you to take a shared approach to the safe and appropriate deprescribing of medicines.
A note about keycodes, and pathway and non-pathway event listings
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.
22 July 2025 at 09:30
DeprescribingZoom Room (Fir), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PF
Lianne Whitehead and Roopa Hindocha
The aim of this workshop is to develop your knowledge and skills to enable you to take a shared approach to the safe and appropriate deprescribing of medicines.
A note about keycodes, and pathway and non-pathway event listings
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.
22 July 2025 at 13:30
DeprescribingZoom Room (Fir), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PF
Lianne Whitehead and Roopa Hindocha
The aim of this focal point is to develop your skills and confidence in using a person-centred approach to having conversations with people about depression.
22 July 2025 at 19:00
Depression: having meaningful conversations - focal pointZoom Room (Bu), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_Bu
Craig Smith and Joanne Nevinson
PLEASE NOTE: This programme is currently run for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians taking part in the Primary care pharmacy education pathway and the Advancing your practice in education pathway.
The overall aim of this programme is to develop your facilitation and presentation skills and give you confidence to help others to get the most from their learning experiences.
It helps you acquire the knowledge, develop the skills and demonstrate the behaviours needed to deliver high-quality facilitation and presentation skills as part of your pharmacy practice.
22 July 2025 at 10:00
Helping others learnThe Studio, Birmingham, B2 5EP
Yvonne Goulding and Ellen Carberry
The aim of this learning programme is to update your clinical knowledge of Lewy Body Dementia to enable you to optimise the medicines of people living with this condition. It builds on other learning we have available, which can be found on our Dementia learning gateway.
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.
22 July 2025 at 09:30
Lewy Body DementiaZoom Room (Ash), it will also be in your my bookings, _ZR_PA
Laura Charman and Laura Wiltcher
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We provide a variety of learning programmes and assessments linked to clinical pharmacy, diseases and therapeutics. Our programmes support you to advance your knowledge and skills and deliver medicines optimisation in practice for all areas of pharmacy.
ExploreWe offer a range of resources that can help you to develop yourself as a pharmacy educator or trainer as well as enabling you to use our materials as you support others.
ExploreWe can offer you support and advice on your personal and professional development, respond to your individual needs and guide you through any professional difficulties you may face.
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