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.

 Antimicrobial resistance
 Child health
 Consultation skills: face-to-face and remote
 Culturally competent person-centred care
 Education
 Environmental sustainability
 Genomics
 Health and Justice pharmacy (prisons and secure environments)
 Leadership
 Learning disabilities
 Management
 Medication review
 Medicines reconciliation
 Older people
 Patient safety
 Pharmacy technicians
 Prescribing
 Primary care: general practice and care homes
 Repeat dispensing
 Return to practice
 Revalidation
 Safeguarding
 Sepsis
 Summary Care Records
 Transfer of care
 Urgent care

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.

 Acute coronary syndromes
 Anticoagulation
 Atrial fibrillation and arrhythmias
 Biochemistry
 Cancer
 Coronary heart disease: Stable angina
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 Dementia
 Dermatology
 Diabetes (type 1)
 Diabetes (type 2)
 Epilepsy
 Gastrointestinal
 Glaucoma
 Gout
 Heart failure
 Hypercholesterolaemia
 Hypertension
 Infections
 Liver
 Mental health
 Minor ailments
 Musculoskeletal
 Neurology
 Nutrition, medicines and myths: evolution of pharmacy practice
 Osteoporosis
 Pain
 Palliative care
 Parkinson's disease
 Renal
 Respiratory
 Stroke and transient ischaemic attack
 Urinary incontinence and retention
 Venous thromboembolism and embolism

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
 Menopause
 Men's Health
 Oral health
 Sexual health
 Smoking
 Substance misuse
 Weight management
 Women's Health

Medicines reconciliation

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Medicines reconciliation in transfer of care - Optimise

The purpose of this programme is to support pharmacy professionals in delivery of medicines reconciliation as part of an integrated care system with a focus on safe transfer of care.


2h:15m (for events this includes pre and post event learning)


Learning Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this programme you should be able to:
  • describe how to complete a medicines reconciliation in accordance with national guidance
  • identify possible barriers and solutions to medicines reconciliation
  • explain why medicines reconciliation is important during transfer of care.
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Core and foundation learning

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Health Improvement Scotland iHub – Reducing Medicines Harm Across Transitions

Health Improvement Scotland iHub – Reducing Medicines Harm Across Transitions, including medicines reconciliation care bundle resources.

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Medicines reconciliation

This programme will support you in taking a structured approach to reconciling medicines for patients in hospital, focusing on NICE guidance recommendations.


1h:30m (for events this includes pre and post event learning)


Learning Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
  • define medicines reconciliation and describe the process
  • summarise key points from NICE guidance on medicines reconciliation
  • compare your local medicines reconciliation policy against national recommendations
  • reflect on whether your current practice in reconciling medicines correlates with your local and national medicines reconciliation policy
  • list your own individual, practical responsibilities as a pharmacist, pharmacy technician or pre-registration pharmacist when reconciling medicines for your patients according to your local medicines policy.
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Advanced learning

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NICE guideline 5 - Medicines optimisation

NICE NG5 Medicines optimisation: the safe and effective use of medicines to enable the best possible outcomes

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Assessment

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Medicines reconciliation

This reflective essay is linked with the CPPE Medicines reconciliation learning programme and assesses you on the learning objectives within that programme.

Please note: this assessment is only available to GPhC registrants in England.


Why should I do this assessment?

This reflective essay assessment completes the learning you began with the CPPE Medicines reconciliation learning programme. Access and gaining a pass will provide evidence that you have worked through the programme/guide, have reflected on your personal practice and applied the learning to improve your practice and patient outcomes. The essay will contribute to your own personal development plan, be recorded in your My CPPE record and will enable you to complete a CPD entry on the learning. It may also provide evidence for achieving competencies in the RPS Foundation or Advanced Pharmacy Frameworks and the Declaration of Competence system if your learning is linked to provision of a pharmacy service.
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Medicines reconciliation in transfer of care

The purpose of this programme is to support pharmacy professionals in delivery of medicines reconciliation as part of an integrated care system with a focus on safe transfer of care.


1h:00m (for events this includes pre and post event learning)


Learning Outcomes:

On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
  • describe how to complete a medicines reconciliation in accordance with national guidance
  • identify possible barriers and solutions to medicines reconciliation
  • explain why medicines reconciliation is important during transfer of care.
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