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In the third of our series of podcasts looking at pharmacists in general practice Ben talks to Ceinwen Mannall who is the national lead for Clinical Pharmacists in General Practice education at the Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education (CPPE). In this episode she tells Ben about the training available to pharmacists moving into general practice, the impact and value that pharmacists have and tips for practices thinking of employing a clinical pharmacist.

Show Notes

Ceinwell introduces us to CPPE and her involvement in training pharmacists in general practice (56secs)

Wave One has finished and Wave Two starts (2min 39secs)

How the training works – induction, clinical teaching, clinical assessment skills and leadership (3mins 14secs)

The value of training to pharmacists in general practice (4mins 41secs)

The success factors to look out for (6mins 11secs)

The impact of pharmacists on general practice (7mins 59secs)

Pharmacists changing the service offering (8mins 28secs)

Educating practices on making the most of pharmacists (9mins 33secs)

Tips for practices – clarity about desired outcomes (10mins 21secs)

Managing expectations – cores skills and development needs (11mins 32secs)

Changing undergraduate training to reflect general practice work (13mins 13secs)

The lessons learnt from the programme – structuring the learning (14mins 21secs)

The Role Progression Handbook (15mins 41secs)

The way forward for clinical pharmacists in general practice – a pharmacist in every practice (16mins 25secs)

A consultant level pharmacist in general practice (18mins 15secs)

Making the training available outside of the scheme (18mins 55secs)