Written question asked by Baroness Masham of Ilton (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Darzi of Denham (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 July 2009.

Health: Dermatology

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect to develop a future curriculum for pharmacists to improve the level of dermatology education.

Answer: In the White Paper, Pharmacy in England: Building on Strengths—Delivering the Future (Cm7341), we set out plans to work to ensure that the pharmacy undergraduate degree course and pre-registration training provides pharmacists with clinical competencies to deliver the services of the future. Since February 2009, we have been working with the Modernising Pharmacy Careers Programme Board to develop a new model for undergraduate and pre-registration training and proposals for improving pharmacist postgraduate training, including where this supports better patient access to more specialist services. The board, led by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, brings together wide-ranging pharmacy expertise and experience from schools of pharmacy, professional regulation, hospital and community pharmacy, research and the United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry.

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