About us

The Pharmacy Training Company

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The Pharmacy Training Team

Meet the founders

We equip people with the knowledge and skills to lead others in the healthcare setting.

We do this through training and consultancy.

Nicola Tyers

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Alyson Winter

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The Pharmacy Training Company was established by Nicola Tyers and Alyson Winter in 2011 to develop those involved in pharmacy training to meet regulatory and quality standards. Nicola and Alyson had more than forty years combined experience in the fields of Hospital and Community Pharmacy, Academia, Regulation and Governance. They also had nine years experience working for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (and latterly the General Pharmaceutical Council) leading on pharmacist pre-registration education and training.

At the beginning of 2014, Alyson returned to hospital pharmacy work whilst also continuing to work with Nicola on the e-learning programme for pre-registration tutors and as a consultant on other clinical work.

We have developed training for educational supervisors who are both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and across sectors of pharmacy. We believe that we all share core skills and need the same foundation to develop our educator careers.

We have broad experience in several key areas and these include having:

Developed the framework for the regulation of pre-registration training
Produced and utilised quality assurance frameworks for assessing pre-registration training sites and tutors
Developed a framework for checking fitness to practise
Assessed trainees' good character and health
Coached trainees and tutors on good character and health issues
Delivered a wide range of training events in the area of pre-registration training including sessions on; the registration examination, how to be a tutor, how to get training sites accredited, how to check for fitness to practise, how to assess in the workplace, how to feedback and resolve conflicts
Delivered a wide range of postgraduate training events including sessions on; social media, analgesia
Provided support to stakeholders in pre-registration training through regular bulletins, manuals, web updates, email, telephone, conferences, training events and one to one (face to face)
Co-ordinated research in pre-registration training including the areas of quality management and quality assurance
Developed pre-registration policy with all pre-registration stakeholders including pre-registration training managers, examiners, trainees and tutors
Routinely utilised regulatory and legislative frameworks e.g. the Pharmacy Order 2010 and ensured compliance

Our philosophy and how we can help you.

Founded in 2011 our mission is to develop those involved in pharmacy to meet regulatory and quality standards. We believe it's about aspiring to excellence, not achieving the minimum and we help people do that.

At the Pharmacy Training Company we believe that professionalism is paramount in equipping those in pharmacy to meet tomorrow's healthcare challenges. Other critical success factors include leadership, developing quality and meeting standards. We are trainers with a proven track record and passion for offering excellent training and support in these areas and can help you achieve your goals. Our background in the regulation and quality assurance of pharmacy and our high level involvement and previous strategic roles at the pharmacy regulator leaves us well placed to use this extensive knowledge and skills in leadership training throughout the healthcare professions.

Educating and training others is an essential component of being a professional.

I t's more than being a provider of healthcare and we can help provide you with the knowledge and skills to help you pass on your experiences to those you are supervising. We work with individuals and groups to help you achieve your goals.

Becoming a pharmacy professional.

The Pre-registration year is crucial as it is the last step in becoming a registered pharmacist professional. Critical to the success of the year are the quality of the placement and the tutor and these can shape our leaders of the future. At the Pharmacy Training Company we can help you to be a good pre-registration tutor and also help in managing the quality outputs. This is an extremely rewarding role and how you undertake this is key to how your trainee develops.

Excellence in Education & Training Awards for Practice and Educational Supervisors

We have been very fortunate to be nominated for the C+D awards on more than one occasion.

C+D Finalist 2019
C+D Finalist 2020