New CPS/NES Funded Employee CPIP Trainees

Latest News2026Mar-26NESIndependent Prescribing
Written by Amanda Rae

Published: 10th March 2026

Congratulations to everyone who has recently started the Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) /NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Funded Community Pharmacy IP Employee training at RGU and Strathclyde. 

We hope you are enjoying your courses.

You should all have received a form from CPS, inviting you to join the various CPS support groups. and also asking you for details of the person in your pharmacy/organisation who looks after finance and funding.

If you haven't returned your form to us (to enquiries@cps.scot), please do so asap. We need this information to make the necessary payments for your courses.

A few of you have been in touch to ask about the NES Clinical Days.

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Head of Policy & Development.

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