Pharmacy workforce group aims to quadruple number of trainees in Somerset by 2026 Exclusive: According to NHS England data, Somerset has the highest vacancy rate for community pharmacist roles, with almost a third of vacancies unfilled.…
NHS tenders contract to train 500 supervisors for independent prescribing pharmacists The contract follows warnings of a shortage of designated prescribing practitioners to supervise pharmacists who are training to become independent prescribers.…
NHS launches clinical examination skill training for 10,000 community pharmacists The clinical examination and consulting skills training is aimed to complement independent prescriber training.…
Royal Pharmaceutical Society collaboration will offer fully-funded pathway for advanced pharmacist practice There are 300 places available for the first cohort, with more expected to be made available later in 2023.…
Health Education England to fund extra 3,000 places on pharmacist prescribing training courses Applications are open to pharmacists in all sectors and should be made directly to the institution holding the course.…
Specialist mental health training pathway for pharmacists in England extended by two years There will be 70 funded places available on the training pathway for each year.…
Undergraduates may struggle to secure clinical placements owing to low payment tariff, says Pharmacy Schools Council The Pharmacy Schools Council said it was "concerned" that a higher payment tariff for employers hosting medical students will impact on pharmacy students' ability to secure placements.…
University of Leicester launches first distance-learning independent prescriber course The university aims to train 250 pharmacists each year through its distance-learning course, which it says was developed following “employer demand”.…
NHS education body to fund training for 210 specialist mental health pharmacists There will be 70 places available for specialist training for pharmacists on mental health in 2023.…
Advice for trainee pharmacists using the HEE portfolio practice-based assessments Though there were some daunting moments, Laura Healey says there are valuable lessons to be learnt from the successes of the overhauled foundation training year for pharmacists.…
