Training points

When I started at the pharmacy last year I put my name down for training in order to become accredited to provide EHC free of charge under PGD to the over 14 year olds. At the last minute this training event was cancelled (see That'll teach me) and so we haven’t yet been able to provide the service.

This week, the re-arranged training evening finally arrived and so off I went. It was a really informative evening with an exam at the end. It was also attended by a real mix of pharmacists, from pharmacy managers of independents to new locums in the area who wanted to make themselves more employable by getting this accreditation.

There was also a locum from a multiple 100 hour pharmacy that is required to start providing the service under the terms of the 100 hour contract. This pharmacy is an interesting one since only one of a number of locums showed up for the training, and as part of this service the pharmacy has to ensure continuity of service as far as possible and signpost when the service can’t be provided.

Providing continuity of service is the main reason we haven’t yet started (i.e. until all our pharmacists are accredited) so it will be interesting to see what the 100 hour store now decides to do.