Pharmalife handles applications for pre-registration training placements in the NHS in England & Wales and for independent community pharmacies on behalf of the NPA. Our pre-registration training is designed to enable trainees to meet the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) performance standards and pass the registration assessment for UK registration as a pharmacist. Pharmalife does not organise placements for pharmacy students studying within the EEA and is unable to provide advice on obtaining these placements.

Pharmalife also handles applications for vacation placements for pharmacy students for the West Midlands region only.

Pharmalife does not handle applications for other pharmacy jobs in the NHS e.g. pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pre-registration trainee pharmacy technicians (student technicians) and pharmacy assistants can be made via the NHS Jobs www.jobs.nhs.uk

Information about these jobs can be found on the NHS careers website www.nhscareers.nhs.uk. Pharmalife is unable to provide advice or answer queries about these jobs.

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The Pharmalife helpdesk team are non-pharmacists and we can respond to technical queries about the Pharmalife website. We aim to answer technical queries within 2 working days (Monday to Friday). If your query is more urgent than this we will try and meet your deadline but cannot guarantee it. We refer other queries to the NHS Pre-registration Recruitment Lead and are unable to give an immediate response.

Pharmalife welcomes your feedback on the website and the recruitment scheme. You can contact us using the contact details below:

Please check our eligibility information for pre-registration training before contacting us.

Pharmacists who qualified outside the UK should contact the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) by email international@pharmacyregulation.orgor phone 0203 365 3550 for information on requirements to work in the UK before contacting Pharmalife about pre-registration training. This does not apply to those who have been assigned a place on an OSPAP course as they will have already gone through an approval process with the GPhC.

More information can be found on http://www.pharmacyregulation.org/regulatingpharmacy/registration/registeringasapharmacist/overseasnoneeaqualifiedpharmacists/index.aspx