Focusing on clinical pharmacy and therapeutics

Primary care, general practice and care homes

We offer pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in primary care teams a range of clinical programmes and workshops. If you are employed through the primary care network additional role reimbursement scheme (AARS), then visit our Primary care pharmacy education pathway pages for more information. We also have a large portfolio of learning for pharmacy professionals working in primary care who are not eligible for the pathway, and you can find information below and download an information leaflet here.

• The interactive Primary care essentials e-course is an introduction to the fundamentals of new roles for pharmacy professionals in general practice and care homes. The e-course supports the national initiatives promoting skill mix in primary care.
• The Structured medication review e-course will develop your clinical knowledge and confidence to perform structured medication reviews. Please do not sign up for this if you are enrolled or soon to enrol on the Primary care pharmacy education pathway, as this learning is integrated throughout the pathway.
• The Care homes: supporting people, optimising medicines e-learning is an introduction to work in care homes. It covers team members’ roles and responsibilities, legal and regulatory matters, and relevant guidelines. A series of practice-based activities will support you to help care home residents make the most of their medicines.
• You might also want to take a look at our:
  • Older people distance-learning programme
  • Polypharmacy distance-learning programme
  • governance topics, such as The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and covert administration of medicines and Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults: a guide for the pharmacy team
  • Consultation skills: what good practice looks like e-learning programme.
• You can find more suggestions for CPPE programmes and links to external resources on our Care homes gateway page.

We run workshops relevant to supporting the various pharmacy roles in primary care. Follow the links in the list below to see what is currently available:

• Mental health and wellbeing in primary care 
• Neurology and dementia in primary care 
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Medicines optimisation in care homes essential skills
• Asthma
• Type 2 diabets: supporting people better
• Hypertension
• Health Inequalites: focus on vaccine hesitancy 
• Fundamentals of palliative care
• Fundamentals of renal therapeutics 
• Fundamentals of respiratory therapeutics
• Answering medicines-related questions in practice
• Clinical history-taking: what a good consultation looks like
• Dyspepsia: evidence-based management of
• Stable angina - second-line medicines

In this list, we've also included links to our: 

• Fundamentals' suite of e-courses, which aim to help build your knowledge and skills in a range of therapeutic topic areas
• Optimise online workshops, which are delivered by CPPE tutors and allow you the opportunity to work through highly focused clinical topics with a group of peers.

Our CPPE Optimise programmes can also be delivered in a workplace-based format. They offer pharmacy and multiprofessional teams short, clinically focused reading and activities. They are specifically aimed at advancing your knowledge and skills, and we have worked with experts across the pharmacy profession to develop each programme. Optimise programmes include optional background learning, 20 minutes of preparation with a 40-minute small group learning session, and next steps to help you put your learning into practice. You can visit the Optimise section of our website to find out more and download materials.

For other learning on clinical topics, use our search facility at the top of the page or our A-Z tab, where you can filter for learning formats such as online or face-to-face.

We also have a number of non-clinical programmes you may find useful – have a look at our self-study guides.