About The Pharmacy Academy

At the Pharmacy Academy, we’re here to be your family health mentor, guiding you to the right CPD courses and learning resources, helping you to better serve the families within your local community.

We have supported the ambitions of many pharmacy professionals, just like you, with an interest in pregnancy, child and family health.

Here, you will find a range of robust content which is academically approved, driven by the needs of our community of health care professionals - complete with peer-to-peer support throughout your journey.

We understand the rapidly changing healthcare environments and are constantly updating our resources and free CPD modules to match.

Be part of our free, personalised learning community today.

Meet our academics...

Andrea Hilton, BPharm (hons), MSc, PhD, PGCERT, SFHEA, MRPharmS

Andrea is a practicing pharmacist who’s worked in primary care and community pharmacy. She gained a first-class honours undergraduate degree in pharmacy from the University of Bradford in 1999, before completing an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy while working in secondary care. Andrea completed her PhD in 2006 while working on the MRC-funded RESPECT trial.

Shirin Alwash MRPharmS

Shirin is a practising community Pharmacist, Pharmacy manager, Superintendent and ambassador for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. With a specialist interest in paediatrics she appeared in the Boots Mum & Baby advert to encourage a 'Pharmacy First' culture. Shirin also has an active role in training pre-registration pharmacists and writing standard operating procedures for pharmacies.

Simon Carvell, MB ChB, MRCGP

Simon is a GP who qualified from the University of Birmingham in 1994. He’s been a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners since 1999 and is currently a GP partner at Lion Health, a large general practice serving more than 30,000 people in Stourbridge in the West Midlands. Simon has also been a GP trainer and undergraduate tutor for more than 15 years.