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Foundation trainee pharmacist recruitment 2026-27:

NHS England has announced that employer registration for the 2026-27 foundation training year via their England National Recruitment Scheme (Oriel), is now open. The National Recruitment Scheme is the only route for employing a foundation trainee pharmacist; employers cannot recruit foundation trainee pharmacists directly.

Registration closes at 23:59 on 1st March 2025. For full details, including the registration form and a comprehensive Employer Handbook, please visit the National Recruitment Scheme website.

IMPORTANT – Foundation training changes for 2026:

Please see letter below outlining changes to the planned roll out of multi-sector rotation for foundation pharmacist training in the training year 2026/27. NB. This is for those places that are due to be uploaded to Oriel in March 2025, this does not affect those foundation training places due to commence in 2025. View letter.

2025/26 Funding applications for Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician multi-sector places:

NHS England North East and Yorkshire (NEY) region are now accepting expressions of interest (EOI) for local funded NHS managed sector or GP practice led multi-sector Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician (PTPT) 2025/26 cohort places.

Find out more & express interest

PT Workforce Programme NEY 2025

The Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Pathfinder Programme:

From 2026 onwards, all newly registered pharmacists with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) will be qualified as Independent Prescribers (IPs).

The Independent Prescribing in Community Pharmacy Pathfinder programme has been developed by NHS England’s Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF) Team to support this significant workforce transition.

For more information about the Pathfinder Programme, Pathfinder Sites, and Clinical Pathways, please visit the Humber and North Yorkshire ICB website.

DPP Pathways:

Further information about access to DPP and development will be available in Nov/Dec 2024.

NEY DPP Pathways short summary_Sep 2024

NHS England and PhSC EPA toolkit:

A toolkit has been published to support the use of EPAs. The list of EPAs, toolkit and a template EPA are all available on the IET reform webpage.

CliniSkills:

https://www.cliniskills.com/community-pharmacists/

NHSE Pharmacy Training:

Community Pharmacy Training LIVE NOW

Community Pharmacy Technicians Training

Independent Prescribing 

Pharmacy Magazine – CPD Modules:

https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/cpd-modules

Royal Pharmaceutical Society:

RPS Pharmacy Guides A-Z

Locums e-learning – Accessing Health Education England e-learning for health:

Locum pharmacists wishing to complete the recommended training for the Pharmacy Contraception Service may have difficulty accessing the Health Education England e-learning for healthcare (elfh) training (Home – elearning for healthcare (e-lfh.org.uk)), if their HEE training account is registered through a private email address rather than a work email address.

If this is an issue, then you can access this training via either of the following:

• You can access the required learning on elfh via your CPPE account.
• Alternatively, you can provide your GPhC number to elfh via email to: supportnet@e-lfh.org.uk, who can increase your access within your elfh account.