Latest Virtual Outcomes Staff Training Module:
Written by AlisonFreemantle on Friday 15th May 2026
Pharmacy First Minor Illnesses – Corns, Calluses, Ingrown Toenails and Verrucae
This month’s staff training from Virtual Outcomes.
Course Objectives
- To understand the main symptoms of 4 common foot problems
- To understand what causes the conditions and how to avoid them
- To understand what advice you and the team can give individuals to help them resolve it
Course length – 16 minutes
This training has been produced to support you with the delivery of the Pharmacy First: Minor Illness Referrals.
This is the second of two modules on foot conditions. It provides an overview of conditions to help all the community pharmacy team with providing advice to patients.
- Do you know the difference between a hard and soft corn and that they are treated differently?
- Do you that ingrowing toenails can be caused by how an individual stands or walks?
- Do you know that verruca socks are not recommended for swimming?
This online training is provided free of charge to all community pharmacies located in Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, and Portsmouth. The training has been funded by Community Pharmacy Hampshire & Isle of Wight to help pharmacies meet their requirement to deliver services and support health promotion activities throughout the year.
The link required to access the latest training is: https://www.virtualoutcomes.co.uk/pharmacy-training
Enter your Pharmacy ODS code and select Pharmacy Team Training.