Pharmacy Training
Book Onto Our Online Event:
The event has currently got two upcoming slots where it will take place. These are February 3rd and February 5th, with the former being hosted online between from 13:00 until 14:00 (1pm – 2pm), whilst the second takes place later at 19:00 until 20:00 (7pm – 8pm). More information for these events can be found further down this page.
Bookings will be registered on Eventbrite, with each date having a sperate booking that you should fill out prior to the event you wish to join. The links for bookings are provided below:
You can also use the QR codes below to book onto the event prior to their respective dates:
We Need Your Help To Save Lives
We want to reach as many people who use drugs as possible with our offer of support, but we can’t do it alone. Our communities across the country rely on pharmacies. You can help us reach the many people who don’t engage with drug and alcohol services, while providing more touchpoints for support during your evening and weekend opening hours.
Through extended naloxone provision and important needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), we’re determined to work together to reduce the risk and increasing rate of drug-related deaths.
What We Can Support Pharmacies To Deliver
There are two main programmes our community pharmacies can get involved with to help us reduce drug-related deaths:
- Take-home Naloxone (THN) Programme: this is where pharmacies provide naloxone (nasal and injectable) to people who use drugs who may be at risk of, or likely to witness, an opioid overdose.
- Emergency Naloxone Administration Programme (ENAP): this is where pharmacies hold a stock of nasal naloxone on-site (supplied to pharmacy staff trained by Waythrough) to use in the case of an emergency.
If you have any questions or just want to chat about these programmes, you can get in touch with Barbara Zub, our National Pharmacy Technician, at barbara.zub@waythrough.org.uk, and Jon Findlay, our National Harm Reduction Lead, at jon.findlay@waythrough.org.uk.
Our Training Materials For Pharmacies
To allow you to ensure continuous competency, we have made our training available online. Training for both services takes approximately one hour and involves:
- Self-training: two videos (THN & ENAP) to watch – you can also download presentations for a reference and as a resource.
- Training provided by someone within your team who is already trained: two presentations to be used as a training resource – you can use the videos as a supportive tool.
These videos and presentations can also be used as annual naloxone refresher training for your team. We also ask that you complete our naloxone competency quiz to assess your knowledge of naloxone.
You can find all of these resources below:
Empowering Care
This training section is focused primarily on Substance Use & Supervised Consumption Training for Community Pharmacy Colleagues. It is open to all community pharmacy teams in Barnsley and will take place on Microsoft Teams.
The training will cover:
- What we offer at Barnsley Recovery Steps,
- Information on substance use and Harm Reduction Advice,
- Overview of contract for community pharmacies in Barnsley and supervised consumption with the chance for an open discussion.
