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.

Return to practice

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Are you a pharmacist or pharmacy technician who has been out of practice for some time and planning to work in community pharmacy delivering NHS pharmacy services?

We have structured courses that can facilitate your return to community pharmacy practice and, if required, your return to the GPhC register.

Our Return to practice course is a four-day residential course held over two blocks of two days. The programme covers key elements of community pharmacy practice including the contractual framework, patient-centred consultations, medicines optimisation and public health services. We provide pre-workshop materials to help you to get the most out of the residential course, and comprehensive workbooks and materials to further support you in developing your knowledge, skills and competence.

The course takes an active and engaging approach in a safe and supportive environment with your peers.

If you need to return to the GPhC register and are planning to work for the NHS, the return to the register course is for you. This is run as a one-day face-to-face course twice a year or as an online self-directed course with tutor support. We provide you with guidance and materials to facilitate the preparation of your portfolio.

Take a look at the page to find the right resources for you.

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This is a video-based programme where you will watch experts demonstrating the key phrases, skills and techniques for a person-centred approach to consultations. The interactive activities will help you apply your learning to practice and make best use of the time during a consultation. You will also be able to explain the concept of clinical empathy and how to demonstrate this in practice.


2h: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:
  • apply key phrases to facilitate a patient-centred approach to your consultation
  • demonstrate appropriate skills and behaviours to ensure the best use of time in the consultation
  • explain the concept of clinical empathy and how it can be demonstrated
  • rate consultation skills and techniques more confidently in preparation for the Consultation skills for pharmacy practice assessment.

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