Events & Training
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Other Providers
School of Medicines Optimisation
CPWY – Events
Community Pharmacy West Yorkshire will be hosting online and face to face meetings for all West Yorkshire community pharmacy contractors and their teams. When hosting online events, we will be using Zoom to provide you with the latest information. Details of how to use Zoom are available here.
Future events will be published here once announced.
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VirtualOutcomes
CPWY is working with VirtualOutcomes to deliver a series of online training events. The training is free to access and is open to all members of the pharmacy team. An introduction for VirtualOutcomes can be found here. You will be able to access a certificate for each module completed. Some of the latest modules available can be found below.
Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) e-Learning Flyer
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) – e-Learning Flyer
Burns and Scalds – e-Learning Flyer
CPCF and PQS 2026/27 – e-Learning Flyer
ENT Training – e-Learning Flyer
Hypertension Case-Finding Service – e-Learning Flyer
MenB Vaccination Service – e-Learning Flyer
Original Pack Dispensing – e-Learning Flyer
Pharmacy Contraception and Oral Emergency Contraception – e-Learning Flyer
Smoking Cessation Service – e-Learning Flyer
The whole range of different topics / modules available for you to access can be found on the VirtualOutcomes website here.
Other Providers
Below is other training and events not organised by Community Pharmacy West Yorkshire but may be of interest to pharmacy teams in West Yorkshire.
CPPE
The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) is funded by Health Education England to provide continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians providing NHS services in England. https://www.cppe.ac.uk/. All CPPE events are open to pharmacists, pre-reg pharmacists and technicians registered with CPPE.
The next set of face to face and online workshops are now live for booking. See the documents below for further details on workshops and resources.
CPPE Community Pharmacy Update – Spring/Summer 2026
Please contact the CPPE Regional Tutor for Yorkshire & Humber if you have any questions or would like further assistance or information, by emailing reena.sharma@cppe.ac.uk or tina.ramsay@cppe.ac.uk.
School of Medicines Optimisation
The multi-professional school will work together with stakeholders on medicines education and training with a wide range of staff across all workforce groups in health and social care, to support patients to improve outcomes from medicines use. The website has dedicated pages for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and the non-registered workforce and includes links to training opportunities including Medicines Optimisation Training, Accuracy Checking Medicines and work based learning modules. https://hee.nhs.uk/hee-your-area/yorkshire-humber/education-training/school-medicines-optimisation.
NHS Free Funded Training
NHS England has released details of free NHS funded training available for both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, to help develop your practice and support with providing Pharmacy First. Training is fully funded, flexible, and tailored to existing skills, experience and individual learning requirements. Learn new skills, support peer development and expand your clinical knowledge. To find out more, see here: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/pharmacy/community-pharmacy-training.
Last Updated: 17th July 2026
