January 2025
| Topic details | Date | Time | Target audience | Presenter(s) | Link to registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression Prescribing mastery webinars on managing prescribing in depression |
Two part webinar, both parts should be attended 21/01/2025 and 13/02/2025 |
13:00-14:00 | Pharmacist prescribers, GPs and other prescribers | Zoe Girdis | |
| Polyharmacy Action Learning Set Cohort 22: to build confidence in, and understanding of, the complex issues surrounding stopping inappropriate medicines safely |
All dates in this set to be attended: 22/01/2025 05/02/2025 26/02/2025 |
09:30-12:15 | GPs and health care professionals | HIN | LINK |
| Polypharmacy Understanding the data webinars | 23/01/2025 | 12:00-13:30 | Network nominated polypharmacy and clinical leads, ICS medicines optimisation leads and Primary Care Network (PCN) teams, including GPs and pharmacists | HIN - national | LINK |
| Heart Failure PrescQIPP Practice Plus - Heart Failure Reviews | 23/01/2025 | 13:00-14:00 | PCN and practice pharmacists and technicians | Clare Thomson, PCN Lead and NHSE Trainer | LINK |
| Antimicrobials (AMS) TARGET: Navigating antimicrobial stewardshi for new and early career prescribers | 28/01/2025 | 18:30-19:30 | Early career healthcare professionals in the primary care setting, including but not limited to: First 5 GPs, other primary care prescribers, trainee GPs, pharmacists, GP registrars, nurse prescribers, practice and community pharmacists, paramedics | TARGET | LINK |
| Menopause PrescQIPP clinical masterclass on Menopause Diagnosis and Management | 29/01/2025 | 13:00-14:00 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | Hayley Berry (CPPE and menopause clinical pharmacist, Faculty of Sexual Health Education and Training Committee) | LINK |
February 2025
| Topic | Date | Time |
Target audience |
Presenter(s) |
Link to registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valproate: the difficult conversations - The aim of this focal point is to deelop your skills and confidence in using a person-centred approach to help manage the risks associated with valproate | Feb & March 2025 | Pharmacists and technicians involved with valproate safety protocols | CPPE tuturs |
CPPE login required |
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| Polypharmacy: Urinary incontinence in older people masterclass | 06/02/2025 | 12:00-13:30 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | HIN | LINK |
| Polypharmacy: Personalising evidence-based medicine to reduce polypharmcy | 11/02/2025 | 13:00-14:00 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | SPS: Lelly Oboh, Rakhi Aggarwal, Sheetal Ladva | LINK |
| Genomics Update on Pharmacogenomics and the Lab - The Generation Study | 12/02/2025 | 12:00-13:00 | Anyone with an interest in genomics and how the study of human genomes will impact prescribing | Jessica Woodley, West Midlands Regional Genomics Laboratory and Karen Creed, lead midwife C&S GMS | LINK |
| Polypharmacy Action Learning Sets: Aim to build confidence in and undstanding of the complex issues surrounding stopping inappropriate medicines safely |
All three sessions must be attended 12/02/2025 05/03/2025 26/03/2025 |
09:30-12:15 | GPs, other prescribing healthcare professionals | HIN | LINK |
| New Medicines: Update about biosimilar and key generic medicines expected in 2025/26 | 13/02/2025 | 13:00-14:00 | Commissioners and healthcare professions providing commissioned services | Dannny Palmer and Ashley Marsden (SPS) and Paul Ryan (NHSE) | LINK |
| Heart Failure: Prescribing mastery webinars on managing prescribing in heart failure | Two part webinar, both parts should be attended 26/02/2025 and 19/03/2025 | 13:00-14:00 | Pharmacist prescribers, GPs and other prescribers | Zoe Girdis | |
| Sustainability: Environmental Sustainability in Medicines Optimisation | 27/02/2025 | 12:00-13:00 | Anyone who would like to learn about environmental sustainability and to hear about work that has been undertaken in Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Dorset to find innovative ways (other than lower carbon inhaler choices) to reduce the carbon impact of prescribing | Nikki King, Medicines Safety Programme Leader, Wessex Health Innovation Network, and guests | LINK |
| COPD: CPPE focal point on COPD | 27/02/2025 | 19:00-20:45 | Pharmacist and technicians working with COPD patients | Jose Rodriguez Andaluz and Kelly Ford (CPPE Tutors) |
CPPE login required |
March 2025
| Topic | Date | Time | Target audience | Presenter(s) | Link to registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polypharmacy: Personalising evidence-based medicined to reduct polypharmacy | 04/03/2025 | 13:00-14:00 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | SPS: Lelly Oboh, Rakhi Aggarwal, Sheetal Ladva | LINK |
| CKD: Many medicines can impact on kidney function and polypharmacy is common in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) | 06/03/2025 | 12:00-13:30 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | Dr Kristin Veighey, Renal Consultant | LINK |
| Polypharmacy and Parkinson's Disease: increase your understanding of PD and how to improve prescribing for this group of patients | 13/03/2025 | 12:00-13:30 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | Karen Kite, Lead Clinical Pharmacist and Dr Robin Fakrell, Consultant at Royal United Hospitals | LINK |
| Antimicrobials (AMS) TARGET: Managing recurrent UTI and reviewing long-term and repeat antibiotic therapy | 19/03/2025 | 18:30-19:30 | Medical practitioners in the primary care setting including but not limited to: general practitioners, nurse prescribers, practice and community pharmacists | TARGET | LINK |
| Polypharmacy and Learning Disabilities: STOMP and STAMP are everyone's business, this Masterclass will focus on your role in supporting with structured holistic and person-centred medication reviews | 20/03/2025 | 12:00-13:30 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | Dave Gerrard, Health Improvement Pharmacy Lead for LD and Autism, Carl Shaw LD and Autism Adviser, Alisa Watson Expert by Experience Co-Worker | LINK |
| Prescribing PrescQIPP mastery - insights on the latest prescribing controversies and breakthroughs | 26/03/2025 | 13:00-14:00 | Pharmacist prescribers, GPs and other prescribers | PrescQIPP | LINK |
April 2025
| Topic | Date | Time | Target audience | Presenter(s) |
Link to registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polypharmacy Action Learning Set Cohort 23: Aim to build confidence in, and understanding of, the complex issues surrounding stopping inapprpriate medicines safely |
All dates to be attended 23/04/2025 07/05/2025 21/05/2025 |
09:30-12:15 | Pharmacist prescribers, GPs and other prescribers | HIN | LINK |
May 2024
| Topic details | Date | Duration | Target audience | Presenter(s) | Link to recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory Masterclass 1: Adult asthma guidelines | 08/05/2024 | 01:00:00 | Respiratory nurses, GPs and pharmacy teams | Gary Connett UHS, Tom Brown PHU | Masterclass 1: Adult asthma guidelines |
| Frailty Prescribing safely in older people | 15/05/2024 | 01:30:00 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | HIN - national | LINK |
| Opioids Reducing opioids for chronic, non-cancer pain masterclass | 16/05/2024 | 01:30:00 | Wessex HIN | ||
| CVD Practical Management of Hypertension webinar | 21/05/2024 | 01:00:00 | MDT healthcare professionals working in primary care, secondary care and community pharmacies | HIN - Kent, Surrey & Sussex | LINK |
| Respiratory Masterclass 2: Paediatric guidelines | 22/05/2024 | 01:00:00 | Respiratory nurses, GPs and pharmacy teams | Gary Connett UHS, Tom Brown PHU |
June 2024
| Topic details | Date | Duration | Target audience | Presenter(s) | Link to recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polypharmacy Action Learning Set Foundation (ALSF) | May/June 24 | 02:30:00 | Pharmacists and healthcare practitioners working in primary care on polypharmacy medication reviews in older patients | HIN - Wessex | LINK |
| Mental Health Polypharmacy: antidepressants in older people | 20/06/2024 | 1:30:00 | GPs, pharmacy teams and other prescribing clinicians | Wessex HIN, Dr Bernie Cope (consultant psychiatrist for older people in Dorset Healthcare University NHS Trust), Francis Johnson (advanced specialist MH pharmacist, Dorset Healthcare University NHS Trust) |
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| Polypharmacy: understanding the data webinars | various dates | 1:30:00 | Health Innovation Network nominated polypharmacy clinical leads, ICS medicines optimisation leads and Primary Care Networks (PCN) teams, including GPs and pharmacists | HIN - national | LINK |
July 2024
| Topic details | Date | Duration | Target audience | Presenter(s) | Link to recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental health: Antipsychotics in dementia | 11/07/2024 | 1:30:00 | All prescribers working in primary care, MO team | HIN | |
| SMRs Supporting patients to get the most out of their Structured Medication Review | 16/07/2024 | 01:00:00 | All prescribers including GPs, PCN/community pharmacists, frailty and complex care teams, social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches, ICB colleagues and commissioners | HIN West of England: Dr Aoife Molly, Sarah Hafeez, Bhavika Lad, Graham Prestwich | LINK |
| Antimicrobials (AMS) PrescQIPP Masterclass: AMS and the new National Action Plan 2024-29 | 16/07/2024 | 01:00:00 | Any PrescQIPP registered users with an interest | PrescQIPP: Dr Naomi Fleming | LINK |
| Professional standards & competency PrescQIPP Practice Plus: Maintaining Competency as a primary care pharmacist / pharmacy technician | 17/07/2024 | 01:00:00 | Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in general practice | Mary Collier and Aadam Hashmi (CQC) and Siddiqur Rahman (general practice prescribing pharmacist) | LINK |
| Topic details | Date | Duration | Target audience | Presenter(s) | Link to recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deprescribing PrescQIPP Masterclass: The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs | 14/08/2024 | 01:00:00 | Any PrescQIPP registered users with an interest | PrescQIPP: Professor David Taylor | LINK |
| CVD Heart Failure: An 'on the couch' discussion focussing on upskilling pharmacy professionals in early identification of heart failure and undertaking structured medication reviews in primary care for patients with heart failure | 20/08/2024 | 01:00:00 | Pharmacy professionals with an interest in heart failure | SPS: Clare Thomson and Alison Warren | LINK |
| Professional standards & competency The crucial role of supervision for primary care pharmacy professionals | 21/08/2024 | 01:00:00 | Pharmacy professionals | PrescQIPP: Danny Bartlett and Nipa Patel | LINK |
September 2024
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Topic details |
Date |
Duration |
Target audience |
Presenter(s) |
Link to recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Antimicrobials (AMS) Paediatric antimicrobial prescribing in primary care |
12/09/2024 |
01:00:00 |
Nurse, GPs, pharmacy professionals, other healthcare professionals with an interest in antimicrobial prescribing in children |
NHSE South West: Naomi Fleming, Elizabeth Jonas, Dr Chaamala Klinger, Sue Wade |
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Mental health PrescQIPP Masterclass: Antipsychotic prescribing in people with dementia |
17/09/2024 |
01:00:00 |
Any PrescQIPP registered users with an interest. You can register for PrescQIPP account here: https://www.prescqipp. info /login/ |
PrescQIPP: Professor Tony Avery, Clare Howard and Sundus Jawad |
October 2024
SMRs Update on local and national research regarding SMRs, and discussion with local GPs about how they have worked with PCN teams to implement changes in practice.
November 2024
| Topic details | Date | Duration | Target audience | Presenter(s) | Link to recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimicrobials (AMS) Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs): Integrating Antimicrobial Stewardship into Clinical Practice | 15/11/2024 | 01:00:00 | Nurses, GPs, pharmacists, paramedics and other health professionals in primary care with an interest in AMS | Dr Veronica Garcia-Arias | LINK |
| Antimicrobials (AMS) Alternatives to antibiotics in the management of recurrent UTI: what is the latest evidence telling us | 18/11/2024 | 01:00:00 | All NHS sectors welcomed as the presentations include focus for both primary and secondary care: healthcare professionals in primary care, secondary care, AMS pharmacy professionals, community pharmacy | NHSE: Gail Hayward, Hege Salvesen Blix, Dr Ashley Winter | LINK (login to NHS Futures required) |
| Antimicrobials (AMS) COPD and acute cough: Integrating Antimicrobial Stewardship into Clinical Practice | 19/11/2024 | 01:00:00 | Nurses, GPs, pharmacists, paramedics and other health professionals in primary care with an interest in AMS | Dr Ben Green | LINK |
| Antimicrobials (AMS) Recognising infection and improving antibiotic prescribing for people with learning disability or autism | 21/11/2024 | 01:00:00 | Healthcare professionals who work with patients with autism and learning disabilities | Dr Alison Tavare, Trang Dinh, Thomas Lee, Amanda Ridgway |
LINK (login to NHS Futures required) |
| Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) - Heart Failure | 21/11/2024 | 01:00:00 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | HIN - South East Collaborative | |
| Polypharmacy Polypharmacy and end of life masterclass | 26/11/2024 | 01:30:00 | GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals | HIN: Dr Saskie Holmes and Dr Lucy Pollock | LINK |
December 2024
| Topic details | Date | Duration | Target audience | Presenter(s) | Link to recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimicrobials (AMS) Antibiotic use and antibiotic stewardship in primary care for RTIs: What works and what next? | 11/12/2024 | 01:00:00 | GPs, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics and other health professionals treating patients with RTIs in primary care or with an interest in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) | Prof Paul Little | LINK |
| CVD: lipids | 12/12/2024 | HIN - South West Collaborative | LINK |
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Higher Development Award Level 2
Chichester College Group are pleased to announce that cohort 2 Higher Development Award is now open for enrolment. Please see attached flyer for further information and expressions of interest form.
This is a fully funded development programme which enables pharmacy support workers who have completed the L2 pharmacy services apprenticeship and may not want to pursue a traditional pharmacy route for further development.
Timeline
Q+A session: 17 July, 10-11am, email hda@chichester.ac.uk
Expressions of Interest: 31 July
Enrolment: 31 August
First workshop: 17 September (9am-12 noon online)
Oriel information for employers
Information for employers who would like to host a trainee pharmacist in 2026, deadline for application to national recruitment system is March 2025