Workforce development in community pharmacies in England: Opportunities and tensions for a private sector provider of NHS services.

Background: The intention to more effectively mobilise and integrate the capabilities of the community pharmacy workforce within primary care is clearly stated within National Health Service (NHS) England policy. The Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhIF) was established in 2016 to support the development of clinical pharmacy practice in a range of primary care settings, including community pharmacy.

Objective: This study sought to determine how PhIF funded learning pathways for post-registration pharmacists and accuracy checking pharmacy technicians enabled community pharmacy workforce transformation, in what circumstances, and why.

Contribution of supervision to the development of advanced practitioners: a qualitative study of pharmacy learners' and supervisors' views.

Objective: To apply educational theory to explore how supervision can contribute to the development of advanced practitioners using the example of several postregistration primary care training pathways for pharmacy professionals (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians).

Design: Qualitative semistructured telephone interviews applying Billet's theory of workplace pedagogy for interpretation.

Setting: England.