Community Pharmacy Public Health Services (MSc/PGDip)

This online programme is aimed at pharmacists who are working in community pharmacy healthcare settings, and who want to direct and deliver public health services.

Current thinking about the future of community pharmacy, from colleagues within the profession, has informed the decision to run this course:

• "Pharmacy has a core role of medicines optimisation in a healthy living environment."
  - Keith Ridge, Department of Health
• "Community pharmacy teams are well placed to help improve health and well-being and reduce health inequalities."
  - Gul Root, Department of Health
• "This postgraduate qualification will provide pharmacists with the knowledge and skills to direct and deliver efficient and effective community pharmacy public health services that are inline with the changing political agenda. It aims to instil confidence for pharmacy professionals to actively seek out opportunities to be the chosen first class provider of public health services in new world commissioning."
  - Chris Cutts, Director of CPPE

What our current applicants say:

"Public Health is becoming the heart of community pharmacy. With the changes in the NHS it is now more important than ever that we understand the market and broaden our horizons. This is exactly what I feel the MSc in community pharmacy public health services is going to provide. I won't get left behind, and look forward to stepping into the new era of pharmacy with the confidence and understanding this course will give me. I will help lead the way to allow community pharmacy remain at the heart of public health and well-being."
- Roshni Shah, Community Pharmacist, Portsmouth