The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has published a free, open-access digital resource to help pharmacy teams hone their digital skills and capabilities, as the NHS moves towards digital models of care.
The resource explains why digital capability is essential for the profession and guides individuals, employers and educators to nationally recognised guidance, frameworks, assessment tools and education and training opportunities.
The resource aligns pharmacy practice with the NHS Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework, and highlights equivalent frameworks in Scotland and Wales.
It also explores the growing importance of digital leadership in pharmacy and the need to strengthen pharmacy input into digital governance and transformation.
RPS encourages pharmacy teams, employers, educators and professional networks to use the resource to support workforce development and embed digital capability as a core component of professional practice.
RPS president professor Claire Anderson said, “Digital skills are now fundamental to pharmacy practice. This resource brings together trusted frameworks and guidance in one place, making it easier for pharmacists and pharmacy teams to understand what digital capability means for their role and how they can continue to develop their skills throughout their careers.”
Darren Powell, chair of the RPS Digital Pharmacy Expert Advisory Group, said, “Pharmacists and their teams already use digital systems and data every day alongside their clinical roles.
"This resource reflects that reality, helping individuals and organisations recognise existing digital expertise, identify development needs and take a leading role in the NHS’s digital transformation.”
