NHS Education for Scotland Webinars for Community Pharmacy Teams
Published: 14/11/24
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) invites community pharmacy teams to participate in two upcoming webinars aimed at enhancing service delivery and clinical decision-making:
Update to EHC and Bridging Contraception PGD Service
Date: Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
This session will cover recent updates to the Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) and Bridging Contraception service specifications. Pharmacy professionals will gain insights to ensure confident, effective, and efficient delivery of these services.
Register here: Update to EHC and Bridging Contraception services in Community Pharmacy webinar.Decision Making in Respiratory Conditions
Date: Tuesday, 3 December 2024
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
This interactive webinar focuses on supporting community pharmacy teams in managing respiratory conditions, especially during winter’s increase in cases. Attendees will enhance their skills in assessing symptoms and making appropriate treatment or referral decisions. Register here: Decision making in Respiratory Conditions webinar.
New Community Pharmacy Learning Together Resources: Migraine Management
NES has also launched the latest Community Pharmacy Learning Together resources on migraine management. Following previous resources on ‘Sore throats’ and ‘Ear conditions,’ this new module is available on Turas Learn, designed to support team discussions or self-directed learning. Access it here: Community Pharmacy Learning Together Migraine page.
These learning opportunities reflect NES’s ongoing commitment to supporting professional development in Scotland’s pharmacy sector.
PVG membership is now a legal requirement for locum pharmacists in Scotland. Learn what this means and how to apply.
Join Boots Barrhead as a part‑time Pharmacy Technician. Flexible hours, supportive team, checking role, and great benefits.
Join Boots Motherwell as a Pharmacy Technician. Work in a modern, supportive pharmacy with great development and benefits.
Join Boots as a Relief Pharmacist in West Lothian. Enjoy flexible hours, varied locations, strong support, and great benefits.
Join Boots Hamilton as an Independent Prescribing Pharmacist. Shape pharmacy practice with strong team support and great benefits.
Join Boots Largs as a Pharmacy Technician. Work in a supportive store offering Pharmacy First Plus with great benefits and development.
Join Boots Kelso as a Pharmacy Technician. Work in a supportive, community‑focused pharmacy with great benefits and development.
Pharmacy teams will start to notice two new UCF modules appearing in their PMRs from next week - one each for the previously-announced Nystatin and Hydrocortisone PGDs.
Join Boots Glenrothes as an experienced Pharmacist. Work in a high‑performing pharmacy with strong GP links and excellent benefits.
Join Boots Dundee as a Pharmacy Technician. Work in a busy community pharmacy with great support, development, and benefits.
Join Boots Stranraer as a Pharmacist. Work in a well‑supported store with strong leadership, great benefits, and coastal living.
Join Boots Kelso as a Pharmacist. Work in a supportive, community‑focused pharmacy with strong GP links and excellent benefits.
Join Boots Kirkcaldy as a full‑time Pharmacist. Work with a supportive team, deliver excellent care, and enjoy great benefits.
Join Boots Dundee as a Pharmacist. Work with a fantastic team, modern automation, and strong community links with excellent benefits.
Join Boots in Forfar as a Relief Pharmacist. Enjoy flexibility, variety, great benefits, and the chance to make a real community impact.
Join Boots in Oban as an Independent Prescribing Pharmacist. Build your clinical career on Scotland’s west coast with great benefits.
Our colleagues at Cancer Research UK and Healthcare Improvement Scotland have highlighted a useful resource for community pharmacy teams.
Our colleagues at NHS Education for Scotland (NES) have asked us to highlight the Behavioural Change in Healthcare Webinar on Wednesday 18th March 2026 at 7pm.
As of 24 February, the ReThink Dementia campaign is now running. You should have these posters displayed in your pharmacy.
Last Friday, the Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) Policy team attended both the Scottish Conservative and Scottish Liberal Democrat party conferences.
This week’s MCR Ready Reckoner has been updated and is now available to download or you can view it via the App.
Check out our Policy & Development Officer, Gordon Winter, speaking to BBC Radio Scotland yesterday about the shortage of prescription-strength co-codamol.
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Read our response to the GPhC consultation on draft rules and standards for Responsible and Superintendent Pharmacists, following legislative changes in 2022.
Your next courier collection is scheduled for Thursday, 19th February. We have produced the following guidelines for your prescription bag submissions.
Join Davidsons Chemists in Newburgh, Fife as Pharmacist Manager. Lead a community‑focused team with excellent support, benefits, and development.
Join M&D Green Oban as a Pharmacist Manager. Lead a strong team, support patient care, and enjoy excellent benefits. Apply today.
Join M&D Green Stranraer as a Pharmacist Manager. Lead a great team, develop your career, and enjoy excellent benefits. Apply today.
The following are the Top Three items currently under discussion and review by your CPS Board. There is no specific detail, yet, as these are currently “works in progress”. Further detail will follow as available.
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