October 2024

Topic details Date Time Target audience Presenter(s) Link to registration
Polypharmacy Action Learning Set Cohort 20: to build confidence in, and understanding of, the complex issues surrounding stopping inappropriate medicines safely

All dates for this set to be attended:

16/10/2024 06/11/2024 20/11/2024

09:30-12:15 GPs and prescribing health care professionals HIN LINK

November 2024

Mental health: severe mental illness Unlocking excellence: Mastering severe mental illness for our patients  (20/11) and Reflecting on mastering      severe mental illness - what    went well, what was difficult, what could you do differently? 

Both sessions to be attended: 

20/11/2024 11/12/2024

13:00-14:00 Pharmacist prescribers in general practice. Need to loginto PrescQIPP (registration is free) to view details and register PrescQIPP: Zoe Girdis LINK
Polypharmacy and end of life masterclass 26/11/2024 12:00-13:30 GPs, pharmacists, nurse prescribers and other interested health professionals Dr Saskie Holmes and Dr Lucy Pollock LINK
Antimicrobials (AMS) TARGET: Patient perceptions of infections and antibiotics: insights from national surveys 27/11/2024 18:30-19:30 Medical practitioners in the primary care setting including but not limited to: GPs, nurse prescribers, practice and community pharmacists, those who work to support antimicrobial stewardship in these groups (e.g. those working in regional health boards or trusts) TARGET LINK
CVD: Heart Failure PrescQIPP Practice Plus: Managing heart failure in primary care 28/11/2024 13:00-14:00 Healthcare professionals who undertake heart failure reviews or are planning on starting reviewing these patients Clare Thomson LINK

December 2024

Topic details Date Time Target audience Presenter(s) Link to registration
Antimicrobials (AMS) Antibiotic use and antibiotic stewardship in primary care for RTIs: What works and what next? 11/12/2024 13:00-14:00 GPs, nurses, pharmacists, paramedics and other health professionals treating patients with RTIs in primary care or with an interest in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). Professor Paul Little LINK

January 2025

Topic details Date Time Target audience Presenter(s) Link to registration
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 (other dates available) 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
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

March 2025

Topic Date Time Target audience Presenter(s) Link to registration
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
           

 

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

LINK

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

Respiratory   Masterclass 2: Paediatric guidelines

 

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)

 

LINK

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

LINK

Slide deck

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

August 2024

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

Topic details

Date

Duration

Target audience

Presenter(s)

Link to recording

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

Available on FutureNHS only - login required

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

LINK

October 2024

Topic details Date Duration Target audience Presenter(s) Link to recording
PrescQIPP:  Demystifying research in primary care 16/10/2024 01:00:00 Anyone interested in getting involved in primary care research Hadeel Mohamed; senior pharmacist prescriber with experience in both hospital and general practice settings

LINK

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.

17/10/2024 2:30:00 All clinicians working in primary care Wessex HIN

LINK 1 -

0-2 hrs 9 mins

LINK 2 - 2 hrs 10 mins to end

Mental Health ADHD update with Q&A session 24/10/2024 00:30:00 All clinicans working in primary care who care for patients with ADHD Dr Emma Nash

LINK

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

 

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) offers high-quality learning materials for all pharmacy professionals, enables skill development and supports workforce transformation in England.

From face-to-face events to online and distance learning programmes, CPPE is passionate about the learning and development of the pharmacy workforce. They have an excellent reputation for delivering learning that goes through a robust quality assurance process and is developed in collaboration with pharmacy and healthcare colleagues. CPPE is part of the Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, within the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, at the University of Manchester.

Begin your learning journey by registering with CPPE to access our range of free learning opportunities and resources:
•    Register for free with CPPE
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Check in regularly with our hot topics and clinical factsheets; both are updated regularly with new learning opportunities and ways to refresh your knowledge:
•    CPPE Hot topics
•    Clinical factsheets

Our Medicines optimisation and soft skills resources are a great way to equip yourself with new knowledge, skills and confidence applicable to any area of the pharmacy workforce. Sign up for one-to-one support and see other resources that are available with our coaching support service:
•    Medicines optimisation
•    Soft skills guides
•    Coaching support

Pharmacy is a diverse and rewarding career with opportunities and roles ever expanding. You have an opportunity to use expert knowledge of medications to support health and wellbeing of patients across a variety of settings. Never has it been more exciting to join the pharmacy profession, with a wide variety of jobs on offer across the Hampshire and Isle Of Wight Integrated Care System (HIOW ICS).

This could include:

  • Community pharmacy
  • GP pharmacy
  • Hospital pharmacy
  • Medicines Optimisation teams
  • Health and Justice sector
  • Academia
  • A combination of the above!

We offer a range of flexible working opportunities, including cross-sector posts to support integration as well as a number of funded training opportunities from early career to advanced practice.

Job opportunities include:

  • Trainee pharmacy technician apprenticeship
  • Trainee pharmacist foundation training year
  • A wide variety of pharmacist and pharmacy technician roles
  • Wider novel job opportunities for experienced pharmacy professionals

We welcome applications from individuals with a key interest in medications, healthcare and improving outcomes for our population.

Want to find out more, please see our job portal or NHS Jobs and contact hiowicb-hsi.pharmacyworkforce@nhs.net for further information.

If you are interested in returning to practice and want to find out more please:

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Pharmacy Additional Roles Reimbursement (ARRS) Scheme

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)

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