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Finding time for proper CPD is one of the quiet, constant pressures of running or working in a community pharmacy. Formal courses need a day out. Webinars need a fixed slot nobody actually has free. Most contractors end up with CPD that gets done in a rush at renewal time rather than genuinely embedded through the year.

The PharmaPlus training suite was built around that reality rather than against it. Every module is a single, self-contained interactive resource, built to be worked through in the gaps of a working day, on the dispensary computer or a phone in the staff room, with nothing to install and nothing to schedule.

Built on evidence, not just opinion

Every topic is developed from a genuine evidence base, current UK studies, NICE guidance, MHRA alerts, and the relevant BNF or SPC information, rather than a generic overview written from memory. The suite already covers a wide clinical range, hypertension, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease and levodopa adherence, medication administration record errors in care homes, smoking cessation, indapamide, osteoporosis, and GPhC inspection readiness, with new topics added on an ongoing basis. Each one is built specifically for pharmacy teams rather than adapted from a medical school format, so the clinical detail sits alongside the practical, day-to-day relevance for a dispensary or consultation room.

What each module actually includes

Every training module in the suite follows the same structure, so staff always know what they are getting. A quick reference card at the start gives the headline facts in under a minute. The main content works through the clinical detail properly rather than skating over it, with clinical pearls picking out the points that matter most in practice. A self-assessment quiz of randomised questions tests understanding at the end, with a confidence self-rating taken before and after so staff can see their own progress in black and white, not just assume it. On reaching a full score, a certificate of completion is generated and ready to print or save as a PDF, recording the topic, the date, and the individual’s details, ready to sit in a personal CPD portfolio.

Honest about what it is, and what it isn’t

Every certificate carries a clear, honest disclaimer. It confirms genuine engagement with the material and successful completion of the quiz. It is not an accredited qualification, and it is not externally verified. What it gives staff is solid, structured, evidenced learning on a real clinical topic, with a record to show for it, and it is on the individual to make sure any CPD claim they build on it meets their own regulator’s requirements. That honesty is deliberate. A training resource that oversold what it was would not be worth using.

Why it matters for the pharmacy, not just the individual

For contractors, the value is straightforward. Staff training is a genuine GPhC inspection focus, and a live training record showing the whole team engaging with real clinical content, with dated certificates to prove it, is exactly the kind of evidence an inspector wants to see rather than a folder of good intentions. It also means training stops depending entirely on whoever happens to have time to run a session, since every team member can work through the same material independently, at their own pace, and reach the same standard.

For a sector under constant time and margin pressure, that combination, genuinely useful clinical content, a real quiz that tests it properly, and a paper trail to show for it, adds up to CPD that finally works with the shape of a real working week, rather than against it.

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