Pharmacy pathway
Find the most relevant courses for your role, from entry-level learning to optional, specialised knowledge courses.
If you’re new to Parkinson's education or to supporting people with Parkinson's, we recommend starting at the entry-level point and completing all courses up to and including the Foundation programme. You can then explore the optional further learning courses that best suit your needs.
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Pharmacy: Parkinson's Essentials
An introductory course that will develop your knowledge and understanding of Parkinson’s through videos, interactive resources, and online information.
Length: 15 minutes
Find out more about our Pharmacy: Parkinson's Essentials course.
Core learning
Foundation Programme
8 self-guided, online courses covering the basics of Parkinson's as a condition and associated professional practice.
Length: 30 minutes plus reflection time per course
Knowing Parkinson's account required: Yes
Certificate of completion: Yes
More resources and learning for you
Key information for community pharmacists booklet
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network.
A booklet on how, as a pharmacist, you can help someone with Parkinson's manage their medication so they can take control of their condition.
Read the key information for community pharmacists booklet.
Key information for hospital pharmacists booklet
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network.
This booklet is for hospital pharmacists and highlights ways a pharmacy can ensure Parkinson's medications are managed effectively during a hospital admission.
Read Key information for hospital pharmacists booklet.
Time critical medication and Get It On Time campaign resources
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network.
Discover tools, resources and learning to support you to deliver time critical medication to people with Parkinson's.
Access the Time critical medication and Get It On Time campaign resources.
Hospital pharmacy Parkinson's time critical medication guide
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network.
A guide to support hospital pharmacy staff in implementing time critical Parkinson’s medication management.
View the hospital pharmacy Parkinson's time critical medication guide.
Medicines optimisation consensus statement
- For experienced pharmacy professionals with prior Parkinson's knowledge.
- Provided by the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network.
This consensus statement outlines the key medicines management issues that may face people with Parkinson's who are admitted to hospital.
Read the medicines optimisation consensus statement.
Electronic prescribing: how it can improve the delivery of time critical medications
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by the Parkinson's UK Excellence Network and NHS Ayrshire & Arran.
In this best practice case study, the team at NHS Ayrshire & Arran hospitals shares how electronic prescribing has played a vital role in improving patient care and safety.
Watch a 1 hour webinar with the NHS Ayrshire & Arran hospitals on the Neurology Academy website.
Signposting networks
These services are open to all professionals within community, care home, GP and hospital settings:
Swallowing difficulties
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by Specialist Pharmacy Service.
A directory providing a comprehensive and up-to-date list of advice on using medicines safely and effectively in patients with swallowing difficulties, such as those with Parkinson’s.
SSPED: Swallow screening tool for patients with Parkinson's in the Emergency Department
- For all pharmacy professionals working in an emergency department.
- Provided by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.
A group of tools, instructional video and implementation guide, to improve the quality and experience of care for patients with Parkinson's in the Emergency Department (ED) environment.
View the SSPED screening tool.
Parkinson's Disease
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education.
A group of resources and tools provided by CPPE.
Parkinson's disease in primary care
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by Specialist Pharmacy Service.
A 1 hour conversation between consultant and primary care pharmacists about improving confidence to optimise medicines for people with Parkinson’s.
Watch the Parkinson's disease in primary care webinar on the Specialist Pharmacy Service website.
Medication safety across the system: time critical medicines
- For all pharmacy professionals.
- Provided by Specialist Pharmacy Service.
This webinar covers current medication safety challenges within healthcare, focusing on time critical medicines.