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.
Meningococcal B Vaccination Service Webinar – Thursday 16th July 2026 at 7pm
We’re pleased to share that we have partnered with Primary Healthcare Development to deliver a focused webinar on the Meningococcal B Vaccination Service.
This is a particularly valuable opportunity for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who plan to deliver the new MenB Vaccination Service ahead of the service commencement date of 20th July 2026.
The webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of Meningococcal B disease, the vaccination programme, and the key clinical knowledge required to support service delivery. Held just days before the service goes live, this session is perfectly timed to help you feel confident and prepared.
This webinar is open only to pharmacy teams in West Yorkshire. If you are a Locum working within West Yorkshire, please state this on the registration form and enter the ODS code of the most recent West Yorkshire pharmacy you worked in.
Thursday 16th July 2026, 7-8.30pm via Zoom – Book Your Place Here
Upon submitting the registration form, you will receive the Zoom meeting link. Please keep this link safe for the session.
Please note: the session will be delivered live and no recordings will be made available. Places are limited and allocated on a first‑come, first‑served basis. A Certificate of Attendance will be issued following the webinar. Full attendance is required in order to obtain your certificate.
Primary Healthcare Development is handling the registrations of this webinar. Upon completion of the registration form, you will receive the meeting link. Please ensure you keep the Zoom link safe and add infoPrimaryHD@gmail.com as a safe sender, as your attendance certificate will be sent from this address.
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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: 13th July 2026
