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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distance learning

Stable angina - second-line medicines


  • Released: 05/2014
  • Reviewed: 03/2024
  • Study time: 2h:0m
  • Standard price: £15.00
  • NHS England-funded price: £0.00

The focus of this learning programme is to consider options for second-line angina treatment and how primary care teams can contribute to delivering a positive patient experience for people with angina.

Learning outcomes

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

  • discuss the evidence base underpinning second-line medicines for stable angina
  • assess which second-line medicine is most appropriate for an individual
  • outline the key points for medicines optimisation in stable angina
  • be aware of resources, including those for patients, to support medicines optimisation in this clinical area
  • develop an action plan to improve medicines optimisation and reduce hospital admissions.

How to use this programme

On your computer: You can open this programme as a PDF in your web browser. We recommend that you download and save it to your computer and access it through Adobe Reader. You can then type notes in the answer boxes and save them by saving the PDF. If you try and make changes in your browser, there is a strong likelihood of losing your work. To make the most of the interactive features in this programme, please make sure you are using the most up-to-date version of Adobe Reader.

You will need to be connected to the internet to access web links mentioned in this programme.

Learning intended for

  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy technicians
  • Trainee pharmacists
  • CPPE registrants