Primary Care in Practice

We understand that starting out in independent practice can be daunting, and there may be other non-clinical skills that you wish to explore and develop to enhance your experience and confidence.

We want to help you feel prepared and confident while learning alongside your new colleagues and peers. That’s why we’re excited to offer a free learning program open to the wider Primary Care Workforce, organised by the Coventry and Warwickshire Training Hub and hosted by local GPs. These sessions will be held as a combination of virtual sessions (through Zoom) and face-to-face sessions.

Topics include:

  • What support is available to those working within Primary Care?
  • What is Primary Care?
  • Leadership structure within Primary Care
  • The different roles and responsibilities within Primary Care

For more information, please register your interest here or email any questions to crgpa.education.cwth@nhs.net

Learning Opportunities and Peer Support

Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education (CPPE)

The CPPE offer a wide range of learning pathways and training programmes in a variety of formats to enhance your existing skills. Access topic-specific resources linked to current NHS priorities, as well as clinical pharmacy and public health content hubs.

Recommended e-learning training modules include:

In addition, CPEE’s coaching support service is available to General Pharmaceutical Council registrants working in the NHS in England. Coaches can support you to achieve a work-related goal and work through any challenges. The service is free of charge.

Fully Funded Advanced Clinical Practice Msc Deadline

*All places for 2023/2024 have been allocated.

If you are looking to fulfil a specific Advanced Clinical Practitioner role, and you are registered with a relevant professional body (NMC/HCPC/GPC), this master’s course might be for you. It will improve your skills and ability to work across clinical teams and prepare you for leadership responsibilities. 

The course will run at Coventry University; criteria and details on the course can be found here.

National Pharmacy Association (NPA)

The NPA offers a selection of GPhC accredited and non accredited courses via its interactive e-learning platform NPA Learning Academy. Here you can upskill in a range of clinical practice and business skills and record your CPD.

Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society can access its e-library of pharmacy texts, join top pharmacy experts for online lectures and courses, as well as benefit from mentoring support.

Initial Education and Training Reforms (Pharmacist)

To see the slides from this session, please click here

Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)

The UK’s largest primary care pharmacy network, the PCPA, offers a range of resources, webinars and podcasts for members and non-members alike.

Connect with other pharmacy professionals via the PCPA’s clinical support network hub. Choose a group to join, download the Telegram app and get real time support from peers. This community and peer support initiative is available to all pharmacy professionals, including PCPA members and non-members. 

Clinical Pharmacy STOMP Event – October 2025

Resources from the event are available to download below:

Clinical Pharmacy CVD Event

Resources from the event are available to download below:

General Practice Mentoring Scheme

Mentoring is the opportunity to have comfortable guided conversations with someone who understands your role in General Practice and can share ideas, knowledge and experiences.  A Mentor can support with a range of areas, such as: appraisals, career development, complaints, leadership, partnership, parental leave, career break/return to work and retirement.

For more information on how to register for this scheme, please visit our Mentoring page.

Your Health and Wellbeing

We understand how busy and challenging working in healthcare can be. That’s why recharging your batteries is so important.

The Training Hub offers a wide variety of resources and programmes to support your wellbeing.

  • Work Well Programme (Shapes Toolkit)
  • Employee Assistance Programme (Vivup)
  • Wellbeing Sessions with MIND
  • Health and Wellbeing Champions
  • And more!

For more information and to view all our resources, please visit our webpage.

Leadership development

Midlands Leadership and Lifelong Learning Academy

The academy offers a series of leadership programmes to support you in developing your skills, attitudes and behaviours to achieve the highest standards in health and care.

Compliance

Fitness to practice

All Clinical Pharmacists need to complete a ‘fitness to practice’ declaration with their annual renewal to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). You’ll need to report any health issues, professional wrongdoing or criminal investigation/convictions. For further information about reporting fitness to practice issues, including what to do if something changes during the year, see the GPhC website.

Revalidation

Clinical Pharmacists are required by the GPhC to keep their professional skills and knowledge up to date. You also need to reflect on how you can improve and demonstrate how you provide safe and effective care for patients, as set out in the standards for pharmacy professionals. This process is called revalidation.

Medicines Safety

Medicine Error Lessons

Newsletters (For reference)

Prescribing Focus
Prescribing Focus

Additional Learning Resources

  • PCPA – Annual subscription required
  • PresQIPP – Free access for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians in Coventry and Warwickshire
  • MorPh – Clinical Training provider for Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians and Trainees