Planning for Foundation Pharmacist Training 2026/27 – Evening Webinar

The Oriel closing date for 2026/27 Trainee Pharmacist Programme is 28 February 2025, and all trainees will need access to a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP).

This session will cover:

• Updates on requirements for 26/27
• DPP requirements & training options
• Promoting multi-sector partnerships for 26/27
• Benefits, challenges and practicalities of multi-sector partnerships
• Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) funding for new pharmacy roles to support Foundation Pharmacist Trainees
• HWE multi-sector matching survey
• Q & A.

To register your attendance, click HERE.

The level of funding for employing a foundation trainee pharmacist in the 2026/27 training year will be £26,500 per trainee (this is to cover all costs, including supervision, administration, and salary costs).

Further information:

• NHS England document: Foundation Pharmacist Training Site Requirements.
• NHS England web page: Implementing the Foundation Pharmacist Training Year.

Participating in the Foundation Trainee Pharmacist National Recruitment Scheme 2025 (2026 intake) via Oriel

NHS England Workforce Training and Education Directorate (WT&E) invite you to participate in the 2025 Foundation Trainee Pharmacist National Recruitment Scheme to recruit into your Foundation Training programme(s) for the 2026-27 training year.

The National Recruitment Scheme is the only route to employing a foundation trainee pharmacist for the 2026-27 foundation training year; you are unable to recruit trainees directly.

Employer Guidance

Step 1: Updating Your Knowledge

Please read the comprehensive National Recruitment Scheme Employer Handbook, which has been developed to support employers who wish to employ foundation trainee pharmacists.

You may also find it helpful to see information submitted by employers in 2024 by viewing the ‘Pharmacy Employers and Programme Information from 2024’ document available on the employer programme information page.

Step 2: Signing up to the National Recruitment Scheme

To make your employer programme submission please access the Employer Registration How-To Guide and online application form, paying particular attention to WT&E’s advice on writing your programme description(s), as this is your main opportunity to promote your programme to potential trainees:

You also need to read and agree to the NHS England National Recruitment Scheme Terms of Participation, and Health Education England’s Quality Framework as part of the registration process.

Once you have submitted your form, you will receive an email from noreply@holograph.digital with a copy of your submission, please check your junk mail folder if you can’t see this email.

If you are submitting multiple forms for multiple programmes (one form completion per programme) it is advisable to keep a track of which ones you have submitted and ensure you do not submit a programme which you do not plan to recruit to. 

Submission Deadline

The deadline to submit your form(s) is 11.59pm on 1^st March 2025. Please note late submissions will not be accepted.

Initial Education and Training of Pharmacists (IETP): Further Information

Full details on the IETP reforms and associated changes to Foundation training, including narrated presentations, pdf summaries and FAQs can be found on the NHS England website.