Have Your Say: Royal College of Pharmacy

Please share your views on the Royal College of Pharmacy’s new enhanced curriculum (to replace the post-registration foundation curriculum).

Share your feedback on our new enhanced curriculum - Royal College of Pharmacy

The RCPharm are reviewing and updating the post-registration foundation curriculum and credentialing pathway. From summer 2026, this will become the RCPharm Enhanced Curriculum and Credential, aligning with the introduction of prescribing for most newly qualified pharmacists in the UK.

While prescribing is an exciting development for the profession, we know that pharmacists in their early years of practice will need structured support to develop in this expanded role. This includes building capability in leadership and management, education, and research and evaluation.

This enhanced pathway will provide consistent, practical support across community, primary care and secondary care settings.

Following earlier consultation on the draft curriculum outcomes, further changes have been made. The RCPharm are now seeking feedback on the full draft curriculum and proposed credentialing approach.

The enhanced curriculum will:

• Build confidence in pharmacist prescribers to define and develop their scope of practice
• Support development of leadership, education, and research and evaluation skills in early post-registration practice
• Provide a structured portfolio to record learning and demonstrate practice

Introduction of a more flexible, modular approach from summer 2026. Pharmacists will be able to submit portfolios for:

• Enhanced clinical credential (Domains 1 & 2) 
• Enhanced non-clinical credential (Domains 3, 4 & 5) 
• Full enhanced credential (all domains) 

This allows pharmacists to progress in a more manageable, step-by-step way.

To ensure the model is sustainable and can support pharmacists at scale, the RCPharm  are proposing a single-assessor model, with quality assurance through moderation 

This approach will help maintain quality while increasing capacity.

Share your feedback on our new enhanced curriculum - Royal College of Pharmacy