COVID-19 care homes training resource
Published: 27 May 2020
This was published when the organisation was the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
This training resource has been developed in collaboration with:
- Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE)
- Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK)
- Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA)
- Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS)
- Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
- NHS England/Improvement
Find out more about the call to action from Dr Graham Stretch, PCPA President.
Watch this overview of the resource from Beth Ward, Head of Education at RPS.
Sections on this page
Information for learners
- What should I expect?
- Getting to know your team
- Who will support you?
How to use this resource
- Step-by-step guide
- Knowledge and capability guide – updated November 2020 (PDF).
Case studies (including questions and answers) and feedback tools
- Case study 1
- Case study 2
- Case study 3
- Progress template (PDF)
- Consultation and review tool – updated August 2020 (PDF)
- RPS Case-based Discussion tool (PDF)
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
This training resource has benefited from stakeholder input from a wide variety of pharmacy experts as indicated below. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) are exceptionally grateful to all of those involved for giving up their time freely when time is more precious than ever.
The RPS reserves the right to change and update this guidance as the pandemic progresses.
RPS COVID-19 care homes task and finish group
- Dr Wasim Baqir*, National Pharmacy Lead (Care Homes), NHS England & NHS Improvement.
- Nick Beavon*, Chief Pharmacist & Pharmaceutical Advisors Group Chair, NHS South West London CCG.
- Mary Carter, Training Programme Director, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
- Gail Fleming, Director of Education and Professional Development, Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Sally Greensmith*, Head of National Pathways for Primary Care Education, Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education.
- Nick Haddington*, Pharmacy Dean, Health Education England South.
- Vincent Ng, Professional Development Pharmacist, Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
- Shannon Nickson, Senior Pharmacist, Primary Care Education, Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education.
- Dr Graham Stretch*, Chief Pharmacist and President, Primary Care Pharmacy Association.
- Beth Ward, Head of Education, Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
*We would also like to acknowledge the role of these members as part of the NHSE/I Care Homes Short Life Working Group.
Royal College of General Practitioners
- Dr Dirk Pilat
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who tested and contributed to the resource
- Kirandeep Bahra
- Dr Nina Barnett
- Kieran Casey-McEvoy
- Yvonne Cheng
- Kemi Gibson
- Bal Hampal
- Leire Herbert
- Kimberly Ho
- Dr Barry Jubraj
- Sajida Khatri
- Michael Lam
- Helen Liddell
- Chena Luck
- Gareth Malson
- Eoin Moroney
- Aiste Navickaite
- Lynda Northover
- Sundus Jawad
- Lelly Oboh
- Joseph Okeleke
- Kerry Parmar
- Rebecca Paylor
- Judith Phillips
- Matthew Shaw
- Emma Simmons
- Katie Smolski
- Samantha Soulsby
- Nicola Sumbler
- Jasmin Teja
- Sascha Trani
- Janet Watkinson
- Helen Whiteside
- Jill Winchester
The RPS would also like to acknowledge and thank the following groups for supporting the development of this resource:
NHSE/I Care Homes Short Life Working Group:
In addition to the members* acknowledged in the RPS COVID-19 Care Homes Task and Finish Group,
- Bruce Warner (Chair) – Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, NHSE/I.
- Richard Cattell – Deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, NHSE/I.
- Anne Joshua – Head of Pharmacy Integration, NHSE/I.
- Irfan Tariq – Senior Programme Lead (Community Pharmacy), NHS E/I.
- Janet Sommers – Programme Delivery Manager, Workforce, NHS E/I.
- Ravi Sharma – Director of England, RPS
- Karen O’Brien – Regional Chief Pharmacist, North West England
- Sandra Wolper – Chief Pharmacist, Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Trust
- Rahul Singal – Chief Pharmacist, North East London Foundation Trust
- Emma McClay – Pharmacy Integration Project Lead, Specialist Pharmacy Service
- Carol Roberts – Chief Executive, PresQIPP
- Jake Newman – Pharmacy Integration Team, NHS E/I.
- RPS Education Standards Committee