Newly updated CPPE NHS Pharmacy First Essential skills online workshop open for bookings

CPPE has a range of resources to support you to provide the Pharmacy First service. This includes the newly updated CPPE NHS Pharmacy First Essential skills workshop that is now open for bookings. Go to https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/ent-ew-01

If you have previously attended a DMIRS event, an NHS CPCS full study day or an NHS CPCS online workshop you do not need to attend the NHS Pharmacy First Service online workshop. The learning in these workshops is the same.

The aim of this learning programme is to support pharmacists to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to undertake effective consultations, communications and clinical assessments in order to provide the NHS Pharmacy First Service.

These are the learning outcomes for this programme:

• describe the clinical history-taking process
• apply tools and techniques to demonstrate a structured person-centred approach to clinical history taking
• apply evidence-based practice and relevant guidance to support clinical reasoning and engage the person in shared decision making, such as NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries
• identify presenting red flags in the consultation to enable safe, effective, ‘warm’ clinical transfer of the individual
• demonstrate a safe and effective closure to the consultation including safety netting, signposting and referral when necessary
• complete an accurate and concise clinical record to support data sharing across healthcare settings and transfer of care.
• describe a range of clinical examination skills
• interpret and apply clinical assessment test results and findings to aid clinical diagnosis and decisions
• practise a person-centred approach to the care of individuals by promoting self-care and prevention measures in the consultation.

For other Pharmacy First resources, including the self-assessment framework go to NHS Pharmacy First service : CPPE This link contains a range of programmes to support you with clinical and other aspects of providing this service.