A note from Luvjit – New Workforce Development Opportunities

Dear Contractors and Pharmacy Teams,

The Community Pharmacy Provider Board have been working with the Greater Manchester Training Hub to identify workforce development and support for Community Pharmacy and wider primary care in Greater Manchester.

There are a number of exciting courses that are now available via the GM training hub which include leadership, coaching and clinical training which are now accessible to Community Pharmacists and team members in Greater Manchester.

The next cohort starts from October 2025 so please express your interest via the links below if you are interested in any of the programmes.

 1.    Primary Care Integrated Development Programme (PCIDP) programme 

The Primary Care Integrated development programme is a fully funded free programme containing a wide range of modules for all Primary Care professionals including Community Pharmacists and team members in Greater Manchester.

This includes a two-year pick and mix variety of interlinking fully funded educational programmes for all members of primary care, clinical and non-clinical, running from October to September every year with three onboarding points throughout the year.

You will be able to pick and choose your preferred modules as per your preference.

The programme offers a large number of options to support leadership in Primary Care e.g. handling difficult conversations, 2-day coaching and mentoring, time management, Change Management, Culture Change, deaf awareness and sign language workshop. Some modules are delivered face to face and some are delivered virtually. The full list of modules is here

There are also clinical modules e.g. Diabetes, Respiratory, Women’s Health, HRT and menopause. There is an extensive list of modules and you can find the full list here

Some modules are delivered face to face and some are delivered online. The pick and mix modules allow attendees to choose as many or as few modules they wish to do as per their preferences and needs.

To apply please click the link to express your interest

I hope you will take advantage of these fantastic opportunities available to you

Best Wishes,

Luvjit Kandula

Director of Strategy and Pharmacy Transformation