The Pharmacy Show 2009

The Pharmacy Show is the largest gathering of community pharmacists and pharmacy professionals in the UK, and recently completed research shows that 83.9% of them consider it the most important event for sourcing products and services.
The Pharmacy Show 2009 is being held on 11th - 12th October 2009 at the NEC in Birmingham and is FREE. You can register NOW to beat the queues.

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CPPE Director Calls for Collaboration on Vascular Risk Training

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) wants to collaborate with other pharmacy organisations, contractors and the NHS in the development of its 'focal point' Vascular Risk learning programme. CPPE became aware of the numerous projects developing training outlines for the upcoming nationally commissioned service of vascular checks following a Department of Health learning network meeting in Manchester in November. The programme will be developed over the next three months for release in May 2009, and Chris Cutts, director of CPPE, hopes to include the expertise offered by leading voices in pharmacy and the NHS within the project. For more information, please see www.cppe.ac.uk.

Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education Launches 'Focal Point'

The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has released a new type of learning format to complement its existing programmes. Designed to meet the training needs of a wide range of pharmacy professionals, "focal point" is open to all registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians practising in England. To find out about the next "focal point" learning event in your area and to book a place email: info@cppe.ac.uk or access the website: http://www.cppe.ac.uk.

New! Pharmacy Resource Suite

The resource suite to support PCTs in their Control of Entry processes is now live on the Primary Care Contracting website.

Moving beyond sponsorship: interactive toolkit for joint working between the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry

The purpose of this toolkit, produced by the Department of Health and the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries, is to encourage NHS organisations and staff to consider joint working as a realistic option for the delivery of high-quality healthcare and provide the necessary information and have easy access to the tools which will help to enter into joint working. Find out more about the toolkit here.

Practitioners with Special Interests - Specialty Frameworks

Of the 18 speciality frameworks, several are now in the final stages of development with sign off from the DH awaited. PCTs are now starting to formalise their accreditation processes and are being signposted to the document "Implementing care closer to home: Convenient quality care for patients - Part 3: The accreditation of GPs and Pharmacists with Special Interests". To find out more, click here. Two launch events (Leeds and London) for all of the frameworks are scheduled for September 2008, with the aim of getting all frameworks signed off by June 2008. In terms of accreditation (all Practitioners with Special Interests require accreditation by March 2009 in line with the published guidance)