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.

CPPE Optimise programmes

Our CPPE Optimise programmes use a short group learning format to support pharmacy teams in developing their clinical skills and knowledge. Taking advantage of Optimise is an excellent way to build up you and your team’s confidence quickly across a range of pharmacy topics.

There are three steps to Optimise:

Background learning via the CPPE website to revise the topic
Small group learning learning which involves 20 minutes of preparation for each participant and a 40-minute group session
Next steps where participants plan how to put their learning into practice, revisiting the website to share feedback and claim a record of completion