Health Education England

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.…

Pharmacists now able to apply for thousands of funded independent prescribing training places

Places are available to pharmacists working in primary care networks, NHS trusts, community, general practice, integrated care boards and those in prisons and secure environments.…

Specialist clinical skills training for 10,000 community pharmacists to be provided in England

Pharmacists, including locums and those who work part time, will be able to take one specialist training module per financial year.…

No new funding for supervisors to support 3,000 pharmacist independent prescribing trainees

Exclusive: Health Education England has confirmed it will not provide backfill payments to support designated prescribing practitioner roles, despite a planned expansion in training places…

NHS to fund nearly 330 independent prescriber training places for community pharmacists

The training places are open to pharmacists working in England in community pharmacy, health and justice, or primary care settings and will start before March 2022.…

Half of pharmacist training places remain unfilled through Oriel recruitment system

Demand for pharmacist trainees has exceeded supply, with just 51% of training places filled through the Oriel preregistration recruitment platform.…

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.…

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.…