Community Pharmacy Devon Weekly Dose 💊

Thursday 6th November 2025

Welcome to your weekly injection of local and national pharmacy news. As always, if you have any feedback or comments, please contact us by email at admin@cpdevon.org.uk.

November Deadline Tracker

You can view the November deadline tracker here featuring a list of all activities, tasks and workloads which need to be completed, alongside imminent deadlines.

Healthy Living Pharmacy Funding

Exciting Opportunity!

Funded places are now available for the RSPH Level 2 Award in Understanding Health Improvement – Health Champion Course. This is a brilliant chance to upskill your team and boost your impact on community health.
Act fast – places are limited!

This course is open to all team members, with no restrictions.
Reminder: NHS Healthy Living Pharmacy requirements mean at least one full-time equivalent patient-facing team member must complete this training to meet service compliance.

Complete the application form by Friday 14th November.

Virtual Outcomes Training Course - Pharmacy Contraception and Oral Emergency Contraception

Do you know that pharmacy technicians can now deliver the service?

Do you know that you have to check the patient's GP medical records now?

Do you know that the minimum number of months' supply you can give for continuation has changed?

This training will answer all these questions and more.

To access the FREE* course visit: https://www.virtualoutcomes.co.uk/pharmacy-training/

Mental Health NMS Update Event

Providing the New Medicines Service and want a clinical update (and fantastic CPD) for the new, expanded ‘depression’ arm of the service? Then look no further than our Mental Health NMS Update event in Exeter on 18th November.

This will be an event covering contractual service updates, a whistle-stop mental health update (tailored to community pharmacy teams from a local secondary care mental health expert) and case discussion of real-world scenarios that could happen in your pharmacy. As always there will be hot food and all member of the pharmacy team are welcome to attend. Book a place here.

CPPE Events - Weight Management and Pharmacy Technician Programme

Weight Management - Prescribing Perspectives

The aim of this programme is to develop your knowledge and skills to adopt a structured approach to safely provide weight management medicines, whether the mechanism of supply is prescribing or under a patient group direction. Last few places available at the Weight Management - Prescribing Perspectives at the Exeter Court Hotel November 12th 7-9pm, Book here.

Pharmacy Technician Development Programme

This programme brings together the Community pharmacy technician: advancing your role and the Pharmacy technician: enhancing your professional practice programmes, which have been redeveloped to meet the needs of all pharmacy technicians.

This fully funded course, with education supervisor support from CPPE, helps pharmacy technicians develop their skills and confidence to deliver effective services in pharmacy practice. This is designed to help support Pharmacy Technicians in all sectors of Pharmacy. Register here.

Pharmacy Quality Scheme 2025/26: Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Audit – Sore Throat Consultations

Calling community pharmacies participating in the 2025/26 Pharmacy Quality Scheme - the Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Audit for sore throat consultations is now open.

The audit must be completed by 31 Mar 2026, please view additional guidance here.