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.

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e-learning

Adverse drug reactions part 3: Patients and adverse drug reactions


  • Study time: 2h:0m
  • Only available to GPhC members

This e-learning programme focuses on which patients may be at risk of adverse drug reactions and encourages you to develop strategies for communicating those risk factors to patients. By completing this learning you will increase your knowledge of patient Yellow Card reporting and the role patients play in improving patient safety.

This programme is Part 3 of a three-part series that will help you develop your patient safety role by increasing your understanding of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), their identification, reporting and prevention.

Part 1: Adverse drug reactions and medicines safety
Part 2: Reporting adverse drug reactions

You can also apply your learning from all three parts of this learning series by completing the case studies presented as a 'video wall' in the final section of this programme.

Please note: this e-learning programme has been developed and provided by the Welsh Centre for Pharmacy Professional Education (WCPPE). Users should recognise that this programme may refer to Welsh policies and organisations. CPPE does not maintain control over the accuracy and currency of this programme.

Learning outcomes

On completion of all aspects of this programme you should be able to:

  • outline patient characteristics and drug factors which increase the risk of adverse drug reactions
  • assess factors to take into account when deciding if an adverse drug reaction has taken place
  • communicate risk of adverse drug reactions to patients using appropriate risk tools
  • recommend evaluated internet information resources to patients
  • identify patients who would benefit from increased awareness of Yellow Card reporting
  • list examples where patient reporting has triggered the MHRA to conduct a product review
  • assess a patient for adverse drug reactions and take appropriate action.

How to use this programme

You can access this e-learning programme using a web browser on any device. You will need to be connected to the internet while you work through it.

Learning intended for

  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy technicians
  • Trainee pharmacists