Pharmacists who want to offer seasonal flu vaccinations as a private PGD service this autumn and winter can enrol on Alliance Healthcare’s 2011 Flu Vaccination Training Programme. The programme offers clinical training as well as all-round support in administering and marketing the PGD service.

Alliance Healthcare has collaborated with Novartis to offer the programme for pharmacists who wish to launch the service in their pharmacy for the first time and those who have already completed it but want to update their skills.

The programme combines online distance learning modules (which can be completed at the pharmacist’s convenience) with a four-hour training event at a wide choice of locations throughout England and Wales. All training events take place on a Sunday to avoid locum costs and commence in late August, through to late September 2011.

“We are delighted to again be able to offer this exciting opportunity for independent community pharmacists. This year we have teamed up with Novartis to put together this innovative package for pharmacists, and we are very much looking forward to building on the success of the programme from previous years,” said Alliance Healthcare’s head of professional services, Sanjay Pathak.

For more information call 0203 044 8434 or e-mail info.professional.services@alliance-healthcare.co.uk