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.

Antimicrobial resistance

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Antimicrobial resistance poses a serious threat to global health. If we don’t act swiftly and collaboratively, we risk entering a future where antibiotics no longer work. Modern medicine relies heavily on antimicrobials—not just for treating once fatal infections that we now consider minor, but also for enabling complex surgeries.

Pharmacy professionals play a crucial role in addressing this urgent challenge. Pharmacy teams are uniquely positioned to educate people on preserving the effectiveness of antimicrobials and to empower healthcare colleagues to use them wisely. This not only optimises patient outcomes but also helps reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance.

On this page, you'll find valuable resources to support educational campaigns and raise awareness among patients and the public. You can also access toolkits designed for collaboration with healthcare colleagues to promote evidence-based best practices in prescribing and using antimicrobials.

Consider how you can contribute to the promotion of antimicrobial stewardship.

Why not start with yourself? Click the link on this page to make or renew your pledge as an antibiotic guardian, committing to use antimicrobials responsibly. And think about how you can inspire others in your team or community to do the same. 

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This e-learning programme has been developed by Health Education England and is available on the e-Learning for Healthcare website. It is designed to support all health and social care staff to understand the threats caused by antimicrobial resistance. After ordering this programme, you will be redirected to their website where the resource is hosted. Please be aware that CPPE does not maintain control over the accuracy and currency of this programme.


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Learning Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
  • discuss why there is such a concern about misuse of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
  • list the key risks for development of antimicrobial resistance
  • identify your role in tackling antimicrobial resistance.
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This TARGET (Treat Antibiotics Responsibly, Guidance, Education, Tools) toolkit includes a range of resources that can each be used to support prescribers’ and patients’ responsible antibiotic use.

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This Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Hub has a primary care focus and links to a range of resources.

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Join AMR futures on the NHS collaboration platform, Future NHS. This will allow you to access resources and collaborate with others with an interest in antimicrobial stewardship.

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This guideline covers the effective use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics) in children, young people and adults. It aims to change prescribing practice to help slow the emergence of antimicrobial resistance and ensure that antimicrobials remain an effective treatment for infection.

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Antibiotic Guardian supports the UK Antimicrobial Resistance strategy, European Antibiotic Awareness Day and World Antibiotic Awareness Week. Choose one simple pledge about how you’ll make better use of antibiotics and help save these vital medicines from becoming obsolete.

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World antimicrobial awareness week runs annually. Click here to find out more.

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European antibiotic awareness day runs alongside World antimicrobial awareness week. You can visit their website to access resources and get involved.

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