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Half of hospital trusts require staff to have training on time-critical medication, charity finds

Parkinson's UK, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and other healthcare bodies have called on the government to ensure NHS trusts have policies in place to enable patients to receive their medicines on time.…

Published: 22 September 2023

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Pharmacy leaders warn that funding for independent prescribing pilot programme could leave community pharmacies ‘out of pocket’

Funding for the independent prescribing pathfinder programme has been described as “unviable” by sector leaders.…

Published: 21 September 2023

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Welsh government backs RPS Wales plan to transform hospital pharmacy

The Welsh government has accepted all 36 recommendations made by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales in a review of hospital pharmacy in the country.…

Published: 21 September 2023

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Nine pharmacies in one city to offer contraception initiation service following successful pilot

The pharmacies will be offering tier 2 of the Community Pharmacy Contraception Service pilot scheme, allowing pharmacists to initiate the oral contraceptive pill without a patient needing to see a GP.…

Published: 20 September 2023

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Hydrocortisone manufacturers to be fined almost £130m after tribunal upholds ruling

The Competition and Markets Authority said NHS spending on hydrocortisone tablets rose from £0.5m per year to over £80m.…

Published: 19 September 2023

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Community pharmacy clinical services should be expanded and ‘consistent in all locations’, report concludes

‘A vision for community pharmacy’ sets out the services pharmacies could offer over the next ten years, including a broader range of clinical services, as well as barriers to the development of the sector.…

Published: 19 September 2023

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GPhC facing biggest ever backlog of open fitness-to-practise cases at initial assessment stage

Council papers said there were more than 700 open initial assessment fitness-to-practise cases.…

Published: 18 September 2023

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Joan Elizabeth Carter (1930–2023)

On 25 July 2023, Joan Elizabeth Carter, aged 93 years, of Loughborough, Leicestershire. Tribute Joan Elizabeth Carter died on 25 July 2023 in Loughborough. Born on 30 May 1930 as Joan Elizabeth Troop in Southport, Lancashire, Joan left school aged 16 years and started work as an apprent…

Published: 18 September 2023

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Dominique Jordan (1960–2023)

President of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, Dominique Jordan, was described as having “left his mark on Swiss pharmacy, and on the world of pharmacy, in a way that few people have done before him”.…

Published: 18 September 2023

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NICE recommends drug treatment for long-term insomnia

Daridorexant has been recommended as a second-line treatment for long-term insomnia by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.…

Published: 15 September 2023