The NHS England and NHS Improvement Medical Directorate have today published a letter regarding the recently announced plan to review pharmacy professional leadership. You can see a copy of the letter here: PPL Commission Open Letter 070622
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By Kyle Winn, Head of Production, North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative - Medicines Manufacturing Centre
I’m a Pharmacy Technician within the NHS and I wanted to share my career journey to date and my views on the current Pharmacy...
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APTUK Position statement on Job Descriptions for Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs)
Click here to view the full APTUK position statement.
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A recording from the recent NHS Community Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Service webinar is now available to view online. Slides can also be found here: SCS webinar slides
The national implementation of the Smoking Cessation Service is part of the...
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APTUK are delighted to announce that we are working with NHS England, to support up to four education and training providers to complete the approval process for their programmes to be recognised as training that will support pharmacy technicians in...
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Exciting opportunity for a pharmacy technician to join the Department of Health and Social Care’s Medicine Supply Team (MST) on a 6 month secondment
The Department’s MST is responsible for maintaining continuity of supply of medicines to UK...
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Nominate for a professional award to celebrate and acknowledge successful individuals, teams and projects within the pharmacy technician profession....
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APTUK Member Briefing: Supervision Changes – Implementation January 2026
APTUK releases a position statement responding to: Government & DHSC Approved Supervision Reforms – Pharmacy Technician Role Expansion
Please view the position statement...
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The NHS in England has confirmed the appointment of the next Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England.
Following an open recruitment process, David Webb, currently Chief Pharmacist and Clinical Director for Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation...
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The PRINCIPLE trial is a UK-wide urgent and priority public health trial aimed at finding Covid-19 treatments for recovery at home. Join this webinar to find out how you can get involved 20th May 2021 7-8pm.
The PRINCIPLE trial is investigating...
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The evening of 10th November 2021 will be a webinar for all pharmacy professionals, book here...
Join APTUK and PTOC for an online event to celebrate the wonderful festival of Diwali.
This event, led by PTOC will provide a fantastic...
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Each webinar will have a particular focus, but everyone is welcome to join.
• Tuesday 24 February, 6-7pm – to focus on pharmacy technicians across the UK.
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Each webinar will have a particular focus, but everyone is welcome to join.
Wednesday 25 February, 6-7pm – to focus on pharmacy teams in Northern Ireland.
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Each webinar will have a particular focus, but everyone is welcome to join.
Wednesday 4 March, 1-2pm – to focus on pharmacy students and trainees.
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Read about the APTUK 2025 Professional Conference and Exhibition.
The APTUK 2025 Annual Professional Conference and Exhibition took place on 19th and 20th September 2025 at the Hilton Newcastle Gateshead Hotel.
We delivered another exciting...
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APTUK 2026 will take place 18th - 19th September at the Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow, London
Following on from previous successes, the APTUK Annual Professional Conference and Exhibition will be held over two days, 18th - 19th September 2026...
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An online member event in support of mental health awareness week. Tue, 10 May 2022, 19:30 – 20:30
Mental Health awareness week runs from 9-15th May. It is an annual event when there is an opportunity for the whole of the UK to focus on...
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Guest speaker Kate Cannon from the GPhC joined us on Wednesday October 5th at 19:00 for a national, APTUK member-only event all about revalidation.
Are you worried about full revalidation?
Concerned that you haven't completed it in a...
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On Tuesday 11th October, at 7.00pm, APTUK presents:
Time for change: Actions not words with Hon. Dr Stuart Lawrence,
in conjunction with Black History Month
The APTUK member webinar will include a presentation from Stuart on his experiences...
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