Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme 2025

NHS England are excited to announce the launch of the Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme 2025. This programme will support Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians (PTPTs) to be employed and complete their 24-month apprenticeship training within a community pharmacy setting. Upon completion of training and registration with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) the registered pharmacy technicians’ will be able to utilise their expertise and knowledge to support community pharmacies in various ways, including contributing to the delivery of pharmacy services and broader healthcare reforms.

Funding Offer

NHS England are offering a training contribution of £15,053 per trainee, per year for two years (24 months) to support community pharmacies in developing a PTPT programme that meets the GPhC IET standards for pharmacy technicians (PDF only, 713KB) and the NHS England Education Quality Framework.

Next Steps

Application for funding is through an expression of interest (EoI) submitted via an online application form. The application window will open on Monday 19 May 2025 until Sunday 15 June 2025.

NHS England will be holding a series of national stakeholder engagement meetings via MS Teams to provide more information on the programme including the application process and how to access apprenticeship funding. Use the link below to attend your preferred date. You only need to attend one meeting date.

• 7pm Wednesday 21 May
• 11am Wednesday 28 May
• 8am Thursday 29 May 2025
• 1pm Monday 2 June
• 1pm, Sunday 8 June 2025
• 12pm Tuesday 10 June

A guidance document has been produced to support you competing an application. This and further information can be found on our website.

If you have any questions, please email england.wtepharmacy.eoe@nhs.net  with Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme 2025 in the subject field.

Please refer to the CPTAP – guidance for contractors 2025 for further help.