A Guide for Accessing Palliative Care MCQs and CPD Reports

To access associated MCQs

  • Please complete the associated multiple choice questions once you have completed all 7 webinars – click MCQs available via portal link which you will find under useful links at the bottom of the palliative care webinar page
  • Once you click the link it will take you to the NES portal
  • You will need to create a portal account, if you do not already have one, before you can access the MCQs

To create a Portal account (skip if you already have a portal account)

  1. Log in to
  2. At` Please log in` click on `sign up`
  3. Complete the `Personal & Contact Details` section fully- Use your email (not a generic shop email)
  4. At `Select Account Role` scroll down to P and click on your correct job title
  5. At `Account credentials` type in a password which must be a least 8 characters and contain one special character e.g. @,!,$ etc.
  6. Click `Create Account`
  7. A pop up box will appear that will confirm you account – you now need to go to your email and active the link
  8. In your email click the “click here to activate your NES portal account’, which will be about half way down the email – follow the instructions which will take you back to the NES portal page
  9. Now please log in to the portal (top right box): enter your email, the password you created earlier and click login

To complete the Palliative Care MCQs on Portal

  • Once you have logged into the NES portal, at ibooklet (left hand side of page) click on `e-learning` then look for the following slide
  • Click on the green icon underneath `order MCQ`
  • Click `Yes` at `Are you sure you want to only order the MCQ for An introduction to palliative care - NHS GG&C?
  • Scroll up to the top of the page and click ‘undertake MCQ’
  • Click on ‘complete assessment’ to the left of An introduction to palliative care - NHS GG&C
  • Once you complete the MCQs click the submit button at the bottom of the page – you will get instant feedback on your score
  • Note down the date that you completed the MCQs

To generate a verifiable CPD record

  • On the portal home page at ibooklet (left hand side of page) click on `vCPD record’
  • Enter finish date of MCQs that you noted down when you completed the MCQs (start and finish date should be the same)
  • Click the green ‘generate report’ button
  • Click ‘save as PDF’ to save, or click the printer icon to print a copy of the report

Macmillan Pharmacy Service30/11/2015