FTY training providers

Training Provider Information Statements provide an opportunity for Training Providers to publish information on the NES website regarding their organisation, including contact details for arranging visits and work placements. The statement is intended to help candidates identify their preferences for Training Provider. Once the Pharmacy Recruitment Team have reviewed the Training Provider Information Statements these will be published on the Public NES TPI site and then on Oriel.

Training Providers taking part in this year’s recruitment process have two options: 

Option A – to submit a preference list of candidates they would be willing to employ and work with over the training period.  

Option B – not submit a preference list of candidates.  

Prior to making a decision, we advise all Training Providers to read the Foundation Training Year Recruitment Training Provider Handbook. 

**This document will be published in due course. 

Please see below for the Expression of Interest and Training Provider Information Statement (TPIS) deadlines for the 2026 recruitment cycle.  

Recruitment Activity   

Date   

What Training Providers need to do   

Expressions of interest to take part in the recruitment process and completion of Training Provider Information Statements   

February to March 2026  

Expression of Interest Deadline - March 2026   

Submission of TPIS Deadline - March 2026

Training Providers need to confirm if they wish to be included in the 2026 recruitment process and complete a Training Provider Information Statement via TPI. Late submissions will not be accepted.  Training Providers, new and existing, will need to sign a copy of the Educational Agreement or Service Level Agreement.   

Once you have submitted your expression of interest, the Pharmacy Recruitment team will contact you to confirm your registration and to advise you can start completing your TPIS.   

Employers Post Matching activities

After the matching outcomes for the FTY 2026-27 have been released to employers please refer to the guidance below.

Pre-employment checks guidance

Pre-employment check guidance for training year 2027-2028.

FTY Supervisors

NES are responsible for approving all supervisors in the FTY programme, those acting in the designated supervisor (DS) and Designated prescribing practitioner (DPP) roles. The NES FTY Supervisor criteria can be found here NES Pharmacy Foundation Training Year Supervisor Requirements- GPhC Accredited programme

FTY Programme Training plans 

From the 2025-26 foundation training year onwards, every foundation training site that has a trainee pharmacist allocated must have a training plan to demonstrate how the training site will align to the training, assessment and supervision requirements of the foundation trainee pharmacist programme. 

For the 2026-27 training year, training plans: 

are required to be reviewed and updated for each training site to demonstrate opportunities for the trainee pharmacist to develop and demonstrate competence across the GPhC IET learning outcomes.

the NES FTY training programme frameworks below can be used as a template to develop or update the training plan(s) for your organisation

the NES FTY training programme frameworks template will prompt you to consider the NHS Education for Scotland (NES) final sign off criteria and NES Pharmacy FTY Curriculum and Assessment Strategy

designated supervisor(s) should tailor the training plan to:

your training site

supervision arrangements

the NES FTY programme the trainee pharmacist is following (full learning outcomes or interim learning outcomes)

training plans must be shared with the trainee pharmacist and uploaded to the Trainee Pharmacist Portfolio during Induction Block

training plans should be updated whenever there are significant changes: supervision changes, training site changes or any other major adjustments to training arrangements.

Employers should also consider the quality management measures which will be put in place to support supervisors who are responsible for the day-to-day support and development of trainee pharmacists. This should include communication strategies and any training and support that will be implemented by your organisation to supplement the NES FTY training for supervisors.    

NES FTY training programme frameworks templates

Privacy and data protection

Full details of how NHS Education for Scotland manages personal data within Foundation Training Year recruitment can be found in the following FTY recruitment privacy notice [PDF].

Contact us

For any queries regarding the Foundation Training Year Recruitment process, please contact the Pharmacy Recruitment Team by going to the Service Desk here and submitting a support request.

For general pharmacy queries relating to training site approval or any queries not related to the recruitment process, please email the NES FTY Pharmacy Team - nes.ftypharmacy@nhs.scot