FAST Educational Sessions Available for Pharmacy Teams

Published: 16/10/25

The Scottish Government are funding training for Primary Care teams to more quickly identify the symptoms of a stroke.

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This training  run by Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland is aiming to improve stroke recognition through improving understanding of the FAST tool.

Details for the courses which are provided free of charge, can be found here:

Please see the dates below and a poster to display in clinical areas.

This training is funded by the Scottish Government, and it is strongly recommended that clinical and non-clinical staff working with stroke patients in emergency departments, primary care, and the Scottish Ambulance Service attend one of the sessions.

Each session will be no longer than 30 minutes, and will include a short presentation and time for discussion / questions via Microsoft Teams. This training is for patient-facing clinical and non-clinical staff working in only emergency departments, primary care, and the Scottish Ambulance Service (i.e. reception staff included), throughout Scotland.

A CPD certificate will be available for staff upon completion. Dates and times are as follows:

FAST Education Dates

• Thursday 23rd October 12:00

• Tuesday 18th November 14:30

• Wednesday 3rd December 10:00

• Friday 9th January 11:00

• Thursday 22nd January 14:00

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