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.

 Antimicrobial resistance
 Child health
 Consultation skills: face-to-face and remote
 Culturally competent person-centred care
 Education
 Environmental sustainability
 Genomics
 Health and Justice pharmacy (prisons and secure environments)
 Leadership
 Learning disabilities
 Management
 Medication review
 Medicines reconciliation
 Older people
 Patient safety
 Pharmacy technicians
 Prescribing
 Primary care: general practice and care homes
 Repeat dispensing
 Return to practice
 Revalidation
 Safeguarding
 Sepsis
 Summary Care Records
 Transfer of care
 Urgent care

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.

 Acute coronary syndromes
 Anticoagulation
 Atrial fibrillation and arrhythmias
 Biochemistry
 Cancer
 Coronary heart disease
 Dementia
 Dermatology
 Diabetes (type 1)
 Diabetes (type 2)
 Epilepsy
 Gastrointestinal
 Glaucoma
 Gout
 Heart failure
 Hypercholesterolaemia
 Hypertension
 Infections
 Liver
 Mental health
 Minor ailments
 Musculoskeletal
 Neurology
 Nutrition, medicines and myths: evolution of pharmacy practice
 Osteoporosis
 Pain
 Palliative care
 Parkinson's disease
 Renal
 Respiratory
 Stroke and transient ischaemic attack
 Urinary incontinence and retention
 Venous thromboembolism and embolism

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.

 Alcohol
 Contraception
 Emergency hormonal contraception
 Health Checks
 Healthy Living Pharmacies
 Immunisation
 Menopause
 Men's Health
 Oral health
 Sexual health
 Smoking
 Substance misuse
 Weight management
 Women's Health

Providing NHS and public health pharmacy services

Commissioners

As a commissioner of a service, or as an employer, you may wish to access evidence that a pharmacy professional has taken the appropriate steps to reflect on their competence to deliver a service. The Declaration of Competence (DoC) system is supported for use across England by NHS England, and endorsed by NHS England and PH England and is intended to support professionals and employers in assuring the delivery of high quality services for patients. By working through a self-assessment tool, the pharmacy professional reflects on current competence to deliver a service and identifies the steps they need to take to develop and maintain their knowledge and skills in relation to a service before signing a self-declaration of competence statement.

You can download more information for commissioners about the Declaration of Competence system in a PDF document.

You can access the DoC for each individual service by clicking on the titles on the right. You can also access a list of the learning materials and assessments linked to each service with an overview of learning objectives for each programme below.

 

Recommended learning materials and assessments

Please note pharmacy professionals may have done assessments in previous years.

Alcohol use identification and brief advice

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Atrial fibrillation detection

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Cardiovascular disease: anticoagulation

e-learning

Cardiac arrhythmias

e-learning

Atrial fibrillation detection in community pharmacy: what you need to become service ready

e-learning

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Blood borne virus testing

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Sexual health in pharmacies (2024)

e-assessment

Substance use and misuse (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Sexual health in pharmacies

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Substance use and misuse

e-course

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Chlamydia testing and treatment

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Sexual health in pharmacies (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Dealing with difficult discussions

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Sexual health in pharmacies

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Discharge medicines service

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

NHS Discharge Medicines Service: improving outcomes for patients transferring care (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

NHS Discharge Medicines Service: improving outcomes for patients transferring care

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Emergency contraception

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Contraception (2024)

e-assessment

Emergency contraception (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

Transgender healthcare - consulting with dignity and respect

e-learning

Contraception

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Dealing with difficult discussions

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Emergency contraception

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Emergency contraception

online workshop

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Improving inhaler technique

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Inhaler technique for health professionals: getting it right

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Fundamentals of respiratory therapeutics

e-course

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - focal point

online workshop

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Optimising inhaler technique: improving outcomes

workshop

Minor ailments

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

Consulting with children and young people

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Needle and syringe programme (NSP)

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Substance use and misuse (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Sexual health in pharmacies

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Substance use and misuse

e-course

Substance use and misuse: Anabolic steroids

e-lecture

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Oral contraception

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Contraception (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

Contraception

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Sexual health in pharmacies

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Stop smoking

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Supervised consumption of prescribed medicines

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Substance use and misuse (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Substance use and misuse

e-course

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Vaccination services

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Immunisation in pharmacies - developing your service (Part 1) (2024)

e-assessment

Immunisation in pharmacies - extending your service (Part 2) (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Influenza

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Weight management

Recommended learning and assessments

Format

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice (2024)

e-assessment

Weight management for adults: understanding the management of obesity (2024)

e-assessment

Safeguarding children, young people and adults: level 2 case studies for pharmacy professionals

e-learning

NHS: Spotting the signs of child sexual exploitation

e-learning

Culturally competent communication in person-centred care

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Adults Level 1 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Safeguarding Children Level 2 (elearning for healthcare)

e-learning

Weight management for adults: understanding the management of obesity

e-learning

Consultation skills: what good practice looks like

e-learning

Consultation skills for pharmacy practice: taking a person-centred approach

distance learning

Declaration of Competence (sample)

Alcohol use identification and brief advice Atrial fibrillation detection Blood borne virus testing Chlamydia testing and treatment Discharge medicines service Emergency contraception Improving inhaler technique Minor ailments Needle and syringe programme (NSP) Oral contraception Stop smoking Supervised consumption of prescribed medicines Vaccination services Weight management