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How many community pharmacy registrants are undergoing primary care training in England?

 
• By Valeria Fiore

As community pharmacies report recruitment challenges and losing team members to other pharmacy sectors, C+D looks at how many registrants are undergoing primary care training in England

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HEE: 1,094 “clinical” pharmacists commenced primary care training in 2020/21

Pharmacists that are employed or engaged by a primary care network (PCN) in England must be enrolled in or have qualified from an 18-month training pathway such as that provided by the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE). Pharmacy technicians must also be enrolled in, be undertaking or have qualified from an approved training pathway, according to the PCN contract directed enhanced service (DES).

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