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Course Catalogue

Continuing professional development for pharmacy owners and teams — mapped to GPhC inspection readiness and everyday practice.

All courses (22) 🏛️ GPhC Inspection & Governance (5) 🛡️ Clinical Governance & Patient Safety (5) 👥 Team Training & Pharmacy Operations (2) 💊 Medicines Management & Clinical Topics (3) 🏥 NHS & Clinical Services (3) 🌱 Public Health & Healthy Living Pharmacy (1) 📚 Professional Development, CPD & Revalidation (1) 🎯 Leadership & Management (1) 🔒 Information Governance & Data (1)
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💊 Medicines Management & Clinical Topics

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Common Infections in Community Pharmacy

A practical, guideline-aligned course on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) for community pharmacy teams. Covers the UK AMR threat, NICE principles for RTI management, FeverPAIN scoring, the TARGET RTI leaflet, PQS 2025/26 sore throat audit standards, and how to embed AMS behaviours across the whole pharmacy team.

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🏛️ GPhC Inspection & Governance

Building a Safe & Effective Pharmacy Team: Meeting GPhC Principle 2

Master GPhC Principle 2 — staffing, training, delegation and speak-up culture. Aligned with the October 2025 safe and effective pharmacy team guidance, the January 2026 inspection framework and the Human Medicines Order 2025 supervision changes.

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🛡️ Clinical Governance & Patient Safety

Clinical Audit in Community Pharmacy: Design, Delivery and Follow-up

A practical step-by-step guide to clinical audit in community pharmacy. Covers CPCF requirements (including the 2026/27 contractual pause), the valproate and antimicrobial stewardship national audit examples, how to design and run your own audit, analyse results, and use audit evidence for GPhC governance.

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🛡️ Clinical Governance & Patient Safety

Clinical Governance Essentials for Community Pharmacy

A comprehensive guide to clinical governance in community pharmacy — covering CPCF obligations, approved particulars, the Data Security Protection Toolkit, audit, risk management, incident reporting, information governance and business continuity. Updated to reflect 2024/25 and 2025/26 CPCF changes.

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👥 Team Training & Pharmacy Operations

Counter Skills & Signposting: Getting OTC Advice and Referrals Right

A practical, UK-focused guide for medicines counter assistants, dispensers and pharmacy staff. Covers the WWHAM consultation framework, when to recommend OTC products vs refer to the pharmacist, the CPCF signposting essential service, NHS self-care policy, and health promotion through Healthy Living Pharmacy.

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🛡️ Clinical Governance & Patient Safety

Domestic Abuse Support & Safe Spaces in Community Pharmacy

A practical, trauma-aware course for community pharmacy teams on supporting people experiencing domestic abuse. Covers the Safe Spaces scheme, the Ask for ANI codeword (now managed by UK SAYS NO MORE/Hestia), PQS training requirements, staff wellbeing, and how to respond with confidence to someone seeking help in the pharmacy.

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🏛️ GPhC Inspection & Governance

Governance & SOPs: Meeting GPhC Principle 1

Master Principle 1 of the GPhC Standards for Registered Pharmacies. Understand all eight governance sub-standards, write SOPs that inspectors trust, and build governance systems that run every day — not just on inspection day.

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🏛️ GPhC Inspection & Governance

GPhC Inspection Readiness: From Self-Assessment to Action Plan

Prepare your pharmacy for GPhC inspection with confidence. Understand how inspections work, map the five principles to practical evidence, judge your compliance using the 2026 decision-making framework, and build a prioritised 30–90 day action plan.

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📚 Professional Development, CPD & Revalidation

GPhC Revalidation & CPD: Practical Guide for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

A practical, regulation-aligned guide to GPhC revalidation for registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Great Britain. Covers the annual requirements — four CPD entries, one peer discussion and one reflective account — plus how to plan, record and submit each type, with realistic scenarios and downloadable templates to make revalidation straightforward year after year.

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🌱 Public Health & Healthy Living Pharmacy

Healthy Living Pharmacy Level 1: Meeting Public Health & HLP Requirements

A practical, criteria-aligned course for community pharmacy owners, pharmacists, Health Champions and team members in England. Covers the full HLP Level 1 quality criteria — Health Champion and leadership training, Health Promotion Zone setup, public health campaigns, evidence portfolios and self-assessment — mapped to CPCF requirements and PHE/CPE compliance frameworks.

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💊 Medicines Management & Clinical Topics

High-Risk Medicines in Community Pharmacy: Valproate, Methotrexate and Other Priority Drugs

A safety-focused course on managing high-risk medicines in community pharmacy, aligned with NHS England PQS audit requirements and national guidance. Covers valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme (PPP) obligations, methotrexate weekly-dosing safety, and monitoring requirements for lithium, amiodarone and phenobarbital — with practical tools for audits, documentation and prescriber liaison.

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🏥 NHS & Clinical Services

Hypertension Case-Finding & Blood Pressure Checks in Community Pharmacy

A practical, service-ready course for community pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and trained support staff delivering the NHS Community Pharmacy Hypertension Case-Finding / Blood Pressure Check Service. Covers the two-stage pathway, eligibility, BP measurement and ABPM, documentation and claims, and how to integrate the service sustainably into everyday pharmacy workflow.

Browse by category

All content mapped to GPhC inspection standards and everyday pharmacy practice.

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GPhC Inspection & Governance

Help owners and managers demonstrate they meet GPhC premises standards and are inspection-ready. Covers governance frameworks, risk management, self-assessment, and acting on improvement plans.

5 courses

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Clinical Governance & Patient Safety

Embed safety and quality into daily pharmacy practice. Covers clinical governance frameworks, risk management, incident reporting, and building a safety culture — not just for inspections.

5 courses

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Team Training & Pharmacy Operations

Core operational skills for the whole team including support staff and locums. Inspectors observe interactions and question staff — this category ensures everyone is trained and confident.

2 courses

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Medicines Management & Clinical Topics

Keep clinical knowledge current across the most common community pharmacy conditions and services — from respiratory and diabetes to mental health and women's health.

3 courses

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NHS & Clinical Services

Help pharmacies deliver and evidence high-quality commissioned services. Covers Pharmacy First, NMS, blood pressure checks, smoking cessation, and clinical services toolkits.

3 courses

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Public Health & Healthy Living Pharmacy

Support pharmacies in meeting public health and Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) expectations. Covers leadership, health promotion, and running effective community health campaigns.

1 course

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Professional Development, CPD & Revalidation

Make it easy for registrants to plan, record and reflect on their learning in line with GPhC revalidation requirements. Covers reflective writing, evidence gathering, and CPD planning.

1 course

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Leadership & Management

Support owners, managers and aspiring leaders in running pharmacy services and teams well. Covers people management, business skills, KPIs and quality improvement.

1 course

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Information Governance & Data

Ensure pharmacies handle patient records, data and digital systems safely and compliantly. GPhC premises standards and UK GDPR both require robust information governance practices.

1 course