We offer support for West Yorkshire general practices to become placement providers for undergraduate pharmacy students. Our driving aim is to increase access to general practice placements for pharmacy students, to promote practice pharmacy as a career and help secure the primary care pharmacy workforce of the future.

Providing placements for pharmacy students is a great recruitment tool and professional development opportunity for staff. Practices receive a NHS England tariff payment to support time for supervision and coordination.

When is it available?

Ongoing – student placements take place throughout the year and you can start getting involved at any time.

What’s involved?

By providing placements for pharmacy students, you are promoting pharmacy as a primary care career pathway when in the past it might otherwise have been overlooked by students. This in turn should help to secure an important part of the future primary care workforce.

  • Great recruitment tool
  • Professional development opportunity for staff
  • Additional income stream
  • Give pharmacy students the opportunity to experience a quality placement in General Practice
  • Help secure the primary care workforce of the future
  • Bring enthusiasm and two-way learning into the practice

What funding is available?

Practices receive a placement tariff from NHS England per student per week in recognition for supervisor time supporting the student. The tariff (as at 1st April 2024) is approximately £132.75 per week.

How can I find out more or express interest?

For further information contact us at wy.traininghub@nhs.net

Escalation of placement concerns

If you are experiencing a problem with a pharmacy student placement that cannot be resolved at placement provider level or by the PCWTH placements team then please contact the relevant email below to escalate the problem:

University of Bradford – fls-placements@bradford.ac.uk

University of Huddersfield – pharmacyplacements@hud.ac.uk

 

Resources for supervision of pharmacy students

Link to e-Learning for Health – Practice Educator and Assessor Preparation (PEAP) programme

Link to e-Learning for Health – Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) update

Link to e-Learning for Health – Pharmacy Educational Supervisor Training

 

Entrustable Professional Activities

Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are defined as units of professional practice (tasks or bundles of tasks) that can be fully entrusted to an individual, once they have demonstrated the necessary competence to execute them. The principles of EPAs enable students to formally undertake activities in the workplace under a defined level of supervision. The level of entrustment is directly related to the level of supervision. This is usually decided at the end of the placement by a work-place supervisor. In some models the level of entrustment may be suggested by the HEI and confirmed/not confirmed by the placement supervisor. Students may be entrusted to undertake an activity under decreasing levels of supervision as they develop their skills and knowledge, and consequently their competence. 

The EPA Toolkit has been prepared to support Schools of Pharmacy in England to use EPAs within their MPharm degrees. It has been designed as a framework to help placement organisers in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), placement providers and students to use EPAs to support experiential learning. This provides a structured approach to allow MPharm students to undertake a broad range of activities in the workplace and in many cases contribute directly to the delivery of care.