Foundation Training Manual July 2023
The foundation training year gives you the opportunity to develop and demonstrate that you have the skills, knowledge, understanding and professional behaviours to practise to the standards expected of a pharmacist. During the 52 weeks of the foundation training year you will be able to apply your academic knowledge in real-life situations and you should take every opportunity to learn and gain experience throughout the year.
The registration assessment framework explains what we are testing in the registration assessment.
Feedback documents drawn from candidate performance in the General Pharmaceutical Council’s registration assessment
After each assessment sitting, the board of assessors – who are responsible for setting and assuring the registration assessment – produce feedback about the topics that candidates found difficult. Use the latest feedback documents below to help you prepare for your attempt.
Part 1 example questions
Part 2 example questions
Example questions guide with answers
Key information on the selection, prescribing, dispensing and administration of medicines.
From: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, Department of Health and Social Care, Commission on Human Medicines, British Pharmacopoeia Commission, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, and Closed organisation: Public Health England
This e-learning programme will enable you to familiarise yourself with the key issues presented by the responsible pharmacist requirements. The programme focuses on nine key learning points. For each learning point there are a number of case study scenarios that reflect how the requirements may impact on your day-to-day practice.
This programme will help to update your knowledge and skills on the common clinical conditions and minor ailments that present themselves in community pharmacy. It contains practical tips and advice on how to identify, recognise and manage minor ailments.
On completion of all aspects of this learning programme you should be able to:
Codes of practice for advertising over-the-counter medicines which are subject to a marketing authorisation or traditional herbal medicines registration.
The PAGB Medicines Advertising Codes are the primary means of self-regulation for over-the-counter medicines advertising. To help ensure that this advertising is responsible, PAGB publishes two Codes of Advertising Practice. One focuses on advertising directed at consumers while the other relates to advertising aimed at persons qualified to prescribe and supply (PQPS), and people working for them.
Welcome to the NICE CKS service which provides primary care practitioners with a readily accessible summary of the current evidence base and practical guidance on best practice in respect of over 330 common and/or significant primary care presentations.
The service is being regularly maintained and upgraded as and when significant new evidence emerges. More than 65 topics will be updated and up to 10 new topics will be added each year.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.
Our guidance can be used by the NHS, local authorities, employers, voluntary groups and anyone else involved in delivering care or promoting wellbeing.
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) was formed in 1993. Our objective is to improve the quality of health care for patients in Scotland by reducing variation in practice and outcome, through the development and dissemination of national clinical guidelines containing recommendations for effective practice based on current evidence.
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Health and social care professionals who work in the UK must be registered with one of the 12 regulators listed in this leaflet.
Developed jointly by NHS Employers, the British Medical Association’s General Practitioners Committee (GPC) and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) in 2010, this guide was updated in 2013, following changes to commissioning structures.
A guide to general practice for community pharmacists, pharmacy staff and other healthcare professionals. Covers areas including training, staff, services and funding.
This guide aims to support general practitioners (GPs) and community pharmacists in developing more effective working relationships and in turn, improve primary care services for patients.
It covers key areas such as funding arrangements for pharmacies, the impact of prescribing policies and the range of clinical and administrative functions that community pharmacies currently provide.
This introductory handbook sets out a new paradigm for pharmacy practice. Its aim is to guide pharmacy educators in pharmacy practice, to educate pharmacy students and to guide pharmacists in practice to update their skills. The handbook, which brings together practical tools and knowledge, has been written in response to a need to define, develop and generate global understanding of pharmaceutical care at all levels.
The White Paper Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our strategy for public health in England set out a bold vision for a reformed public health system in England. This policy statement sets out the progress we have made in developing that vision and identifies those issues where further development is needed, and a timeline for this work.
This document accompanies the Public Health White Paper, Healthy Lives, Healthy People, and is a review of the evidence on the health and wellbeing of people in England today. It has informed the Government’s new approach and the proposed outcomes framework for public health.
PHE bulletin provides public health news and information to local authorities, public health professionals and anyone interested in the work of Public Health England.
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Use this page to access all kinds of learning materials related to Medicines reconciliation. We also provide links to advanced learning, external resources and further reading on each topic
The electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC) contains up to date, easily accessible information about medicines licensed for use in the UK.
Guidance on Yellow Card reporting for healthcare professionals