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The content below contains the latest news affecting community pharmacy owners and their teams throughout Scotland. If you can’t find something or you have a question please get in touch with us at webteam@cps.scot
Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribers: Tell Us If Your Details Change!
We want to be able to keep in touch with you, so please let us know if your details change, and we will update your details at CPS, and store them securely.
Clinical Skills Training and Teach and Treat
There are a number of different groups of CPIPs who have undertaken CP IP training over recent years. The attached document gives relevant information on Clinical Skills Training and Teach & Treat for each group.
Actions for Newly Qualified Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribers (CPIP)
Congratulations to everyone who has recently passed their IP Courses. Well done! Once you have had the chance to celebrate, here are some details for next steps.
What is Teach & Treat?
National Education for Scotland (NES) Teach and Treat for Common Clinical Conditions is delivered for community pharmacists, by community pharmacists. It is quality assured experiential learning for newly qualified CPIPs, delivered in designated community pharmacies across Scotland by our Hub Lead Pharmacists (who are also experienced Community Pharmacist Independent Prescribers).
Have you completed your Teach & Treat Session?
For the attention of all NES/CPS Funded Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribers Qualifying since 2020.
Coming Soon: New Teach and Treat Site
We are pleased to confirm that a new Teach & Treat site will go live in Glasgow early in 2025. This will provide another location for the delivery of this excellent service for our newly qualified Community Pharmacy Independent Prescriber employees. Look out for more detail later in the year.
Weekly Newsletter 12th September 2024
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Community Pharmacy Independent Prescriber Training Courses
Courses for Community Pharmacy Independent prescribing training are now open for application.
Designated Prescribing Practitioner Support Podcasts
Our colleagues at NHS Education for Scotland have launched the first of a series of podcasts to support Designated Prescribing Practitioners.
Teach and Treat for CP IPs on Funded Courses Qualifying 2021 and Beyond
For the attention of Community Pharmacy (CP) Independent Prescriber (IP) Employee Pharmacists on Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) / NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Funded Places from 2021.
Preparation for Independent Prescribing
Our colleagues at NES have shared this useful information for any CPs starting their IP Training or planning to undertake their IP Training in the future.
CP - IPs Consultation and Clinical Skills Certificates
CP IPs and trainees can check certificate details on TURAS. Details on the attachment below.
Period of Learning in Practice (PLP) Support for CP IP Trainees
As the delivery of our strategy to have CP IPs in all community pharmacies in Scotland, continues we have an ever growing number of CP IP Employee trainees across the network. Thanks to everyone who supporting this, and to the trainees for their hard work in gaining their IP qualification.
WhatsApp and Online Groups for IPs and IP Trainees
There are two groups available for IPs/IP Trainees, hosted by CPS. These are mainly for sharing information/asking questions/getting to know the other IPs and IP Trainees in practice in Scotland.
PCA(P)(2020)25 - AHP Prescribers and Prescription Stationery
This Circular provides updated advice to community pharmacy contractors about the prescription stationery being used by Allied Health Professionals independent prescribers and which may be received in community pharmacies for dispensing.
PCA(P)(2020)16 - Independent Prescribing Service
This circular informs NHS Boards and community pharmacy contractors of the intention to establish a combined National Foundation Programme and Independent Prescriber (IP) Career Pathway for community pharmacists.
PCA(P)(2019)11 - Community Pharmacist Supplementary and Independent Prescribing Clinics: Funding Arrangements for 2019-20
This Circular informs NHS Boards and community pharmacy contractors of the funding available for Community Pharmacist Supplementary and Independent Prescribing Clinics in 2019-20.