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.

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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Optimise

Sustainable respiratory care


  • Released: 02/2026
  • Reviewed: N/A
  • Study time: 1h:0m

This small group learning course for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and trainee pharmacists focuses on sustainable respiratory healthcare. It supports your team to have meaningful conversations with people about their inhaler use to manage conditions such as asthma and COPD, with the aim to improve people's health and environmental outcomes.

Learning outcomes

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

  • explain how good quality respiratory care is sustainable care 
  • demonstrate a person-centred approach to support people living with respiratory conditions to optimise their health and environmental outcomes. 

How to use this programme

If you work in a clinical setting you can work through our CPPE Optimise programmes with your colleagues. This learning format provides you with clinically focused learning from experts across the country to help you optimise your patients’ treatment in different topic areas.

Learning intended for

  • Pharmacists
  • Pharmacy technicians
  • Trainee pharmacists