Pharmacy Services

This two-year diploma in Pharmacy Services is pre-registration training for pharmacy technicians who are already employed in a pharmacy. It matches the requirements set by the General Pharmaceutical Council for initial training, so successful graduates can seek entry to the professional register. Learning is delivered on a day-release basis, combining online and in-class lectures with blended teaching across Teams and campus. Students study how the body functions, common clinical conditions and how medicines act and are used, alongside clinical, operational and scientific work. Workplace training runs alongside study, with twelve mandatory SVQ units completed on the job and evidence submitted to an e-portfolio. Graduates can progress towards full registration as a pharmacy technician. Students remain in their pharmacy job throughout, so learning is applied directly to daily work.