First cohort to begin Welsh post-registration foundation pharmacist programme The programme will begin in September 2022, with 34 pharmacists taking part in what Health Education and Improvement Wales describes as a “continuum of practice for new registrants early in their careers".…
Funded post-registration foundation pharmacist programme to begin in Wales The programme will start in September 2022 and is being offered by Cardiff University with Health Education and Improvement Wales.…
Scottish government funds 130 post-registration training places from October 2021 The training will include an independent prescriber course for early-years pharmacists.…
Almost 3,000 candidates to sit March 2021 registration assessment The General Pharmaceutical Council has said that the “vast majority” of candidates in Great Britain will be able to sit the assessment within 50 miles of their home address.…
Everything you need to know about pharmacy foundation training Universal foundation training for pharmacists is being introduced sooner than expected, with an interim foundation programme launched this autumn and a one-year foundation scheme set to replace the current preregistration year from July 2021.…
Atif Saddiq: ‘We are here to listen’ Atif Saddiq, the chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s recently established Early Careers Pharmacist Advisory Group, reveals his ambitions for the new venture.…
Pharmacy trainees to have 90 hours of prescribing training, under draft GPhC standards Pharmacy trainees will be given “at least 90 hours” of supervised practice in independent prescribing as part of the new foundation year programme, the General Pharmaceutical Council has said.…
Health Education England opens registration for interim foundation pharmacist programme The one-year interim foundation pharmacist programme is intended to support provisionally registered pharmacists in England as they transition to full registration.…
Interim foundation programme will not have protected time for training, HEE says The newly introduced programme will offer provisionally registered pharmacists educational supervision and workplace assessments.…
Patient services must not be hit by standardised pharmacist foundation training, hospital trusts say Training needed to introduce a standard foundation programme for newly qualified pharmacists must not affect patient services, hospital trusts have told Health Education England in a report.…
