Further Training & Development
Fully funded, flexible training is available for community pharmacists to expand clinical skills and improve patient care.
Courses currently include (enrollment dates between September 2025 and March 2026):
- CPPE: Chief Pharmaceutical Officer’s Pharmacy Leaders Development – Apply by 22nd September – Ten-month programme includes both face to face and online learning. Programme starts 29 September.
- CPPE: Life skills – developing your potential– Course starts 29th September
- CPPE: Newly qualified pharmacist programme – Apply by 31st October – 12-month programme open to pharmacists qualified from 2023 to 2025 or those returning from a break. Programme starts 3rd November.
- CPPE: Leading for Change – Apply by March 2026 – Six-month programme includes four online modules with four online workshops. First cohort starts in October
- CPPE: Accuracy Checking Pharmacy Technician programme – Apply by March 2026 – 240 NHS England-funded places available.
Courses with Rolling enrollment (Applications open throughout the year):
- CPPE: Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP) – Applications for cohort 20 starting in September are now open. A vocational 15-month programme for pharmacy technicians and 18-month programme for pharmacists, open to those working in primary care and health and justice sectors.
- CPPE: Advancing your practice in education programme
- NHS HEE: Independent Prescribing
- CPPE: Pharmacy Technicians: Advancing your role
- NHS HEE: eLearning for Pharmacy Practice and Supervisors
- CPPE Pharmacy technicians: using patient group directions in practice e-learning programme
- CPPE: Return to practice –Next cohort starts in September.Three-month programme includes six workshops and a canvas e-course.
- CPPE: Return to prescribing – Next cohort starts in October. Three compulsory workshops over a three-month period.
- CPPE: Return to the register – Next cohort starts in October. . Six-week programme with both an online course and three online workshops.
Details about further training courses provided by NHS Health Education England (HEE) can be found here
You can also view CPPE’s full range of longer learning programmes to support your development and future career
CPPE has a range of face-to-face workshops taking place across the North West, including a number in Greater Manchester:
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CPPE: Prescribing perspectives: a focus on weight management
This new CPPE workshop and associated e-course has been designed to support pharmacy professionals providing weight management services via independent prescribing and/or supplying under a PGD.
Available dates:
Tuesday 21 October, Holiday Inn Express Leigh Sports Village, WN7 4JY
Tuesday 20 January, Smokies Park Holiday Inn, Oldham, OL8 3HX
Tuesday 24 February, Alma Lodge Hotel, Stockport, SK2 6EL
Wednesday 12 November, Holiday Inn express, Leigh Sports Village WN7 4JY
CPPE: PGDs: Empowering pharmacy technicians to provide services
Wednesday 28 January, Holiday Inn express, Leigh Sports Village, WN7 4JY
Other face to face workshops taking place across the North West:
CPPE: Respiratory clinical assessment skills workshop
This workshop has been designed to support Pharmacists and trainee pharmacists that wish to expand their clinical assessment skills to include respiratory examinations. This medic supported workshop will look at anatomy, red flags, cases and include examination demonstrations and time to practice.
Sunday 12 October, Village Hotel, Whiston, L35 1RZ
CPPE: NHS Pharmacy First- Clinical assessment and examination skills full-day workshop
Sunday 2 November, Brockholes, Nature Reserve, Preston PR5 0AG
CPPE: Blood pressure assessment in community pharmacy – essential skills
Wednesday 11 March, Mercure St Helens, WA10 1NG
NHS Funded IP Training Places – Complete Form to register interest
Applications for Funded IP Training Places closed at the end of March 2025. To register your interest in future opportunities and receive further information, please complete this form
Diabetes eLearning Programme
AstraZeneca and EDEN have collaborated to develop an eLearning programme specifically for pharmacists.
The modules have been designed and developed to update all Pharmacists in the latest guidance in accordance with the ‘An Integrated Career and Competency Framework for Pharmacists in Diabetes’ framework.
Each interactive module should take between 30 – 60 minutes and is certified at the end with 60 minutes for CPD.
All modules have been accredited by the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA) and are available in Foundation and Advanced Stage One levels.
Click here to register to access the programme.
GMHCA: Reference Guide –This guide has been developed to help recognise possible signs of cancer.
Cancer Research UK: Talk Cancer for Pharmacy’ live online workshops – Designed to empower all community pharmacy staff to raise cancer awareness
BOPA Let’s Communicate Cancer Series – Educational bitesize e-learning modules on how to discuss cancer
Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) pharmacies may wish to take advantage of this free training to up-skill their teams ahead of considering any cancer awareness activities as part of their ongoing health promotion activities.
GMHCA Resilience Training: The aim of this training is to help you build resilience and adapt better to life-changing situations
All Our Health’ Programme: Includes educational materials, to help healthcare professionals make a greater impact in preventing illness and promoting wellbeing. View the full range of topics here.
