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 posted here.
VirtualOutcomes
CPWY is working with VirtualOutcomes to deliver a series of online training events throughout the year. The training is free to access and is open to all members of the pharmacy team. An introduction for VirtualOutcomes can be found here: https://vimeo.com/316124447. You will be able to access a certificate for each module completed. If you need help logging on to watch the webinar please see the VirtualOutcomes Login Easy Guide.
The latest modules available can be found below. The whole range of different topics / modules available for you to access can be found on the VirtualOutcomes website here.
Flu Vaccination Service 2024 – e-Learning
This course will help you understand key changes to this year’s flu campaign, understand the importance of offering the flu vaccination to pregnant women and to understand how you can use the footfall created by the flu vaccination service to increase patient awareness of other services community pharmacies offer. More information can be found in the flyer below or on the VirtualOutcomes website here.
Flu Vaccination Service 2024 – e-Learning Flyer
Equality Act and Multi-compartmental Compliance Aids – Myths and Facts (September 2024)
This course will help you understand what responsibilities the pharmacy team to make reasonable adjustments, how to access individuals under the Equality Act, what the pros and cons of MCAs and what other alternative adjustments you and your team can suggest to patients. More information can be found in the flyer below or on the VirtualOutcomes website here.
Equality Act and MCAs Myths and Facts – e-Learning Flyer
NHS Pharmacy First – e-Learning Modules
Introduction and Service Overview – This module will help you understand what the service consists of, what your pharmacy needs to have in place to provide the service, including training requirements, and to understand the key points from the 7 clinical pathways. Click here to access the flyer.
Hints, Tips and Learnings – This module will help you understand how you can increase the number of clinical pathway consultations your pharmacy can complete, review why some pharmacists are rejecting formal referrals and what they can do differently, understand the 7 clinical pathways so that they refer the correct patients to the pharmacist and understand what should be included when writing up a consultation. Click here to access the flyer.
Common Skin Conditions Modules
Module 1 – Acne – Click here to access the flyer.
Module 2 – Fungal Infections – Click here to access the flyer.
Module 3 – Contact Dermatitis – Click here to access the flyer.
NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service – December 2023
This course is split into two modules. One module is for pharmacists and the other is for the pharmacy team. More information can be found in the flyer here or on the Virtual Outcomes website here.
Hypertension Case-Finding Service – December 2023
This course is split into two modules to support the team to fully understand the service along with training for the person who will deliver the service. More information can be found in the flyer here below or on the Virtual Outcomes website here.
Some of the other modules available via Virtual Outcomes can be found in the flyers below:
Acute and Chronic Diarrhoea e-Learning Flyer
Adrenaline Auto-Injectors (AAIs) e-Learning Flyer
Advanced Lateral Flow Device Test Service – e-Learning Flyer
ENT Training – e-Learning Flyer
Flu Vaccination Service 2023-24 e-Learning Flyer
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) e-Learning Flyer
Smoking Cessation Service – e-Learning Flyer
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 online workshops are now live for booking. See the documents below for further details on e-Learning, workshops and resources.
CPPE Workshops and Learning Resources – September 2024
CPPE Workshops – September to December 2024
Please contact the CPPE Regional Tutor for Yorkshire & Humber if you have any questions or would like further assistance or information, by emailing Deborah.needham@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: 30th September 2024
