Area with one of highest antidepressant prescribing rates in England to publish guidelines on deprescribing Exclusive: Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group is publishing guidelines that aim to help overcome barriers that prevent healthcare professionals deprescribing antidepressants.…
NHS education bosses tender £32k contract for pharmacy workforce development in genomics Health Education England is aiming to procure a provider to develop and implement a workforce development strategy for pharmacy in genomics.…
Pharmacies with high claims for pandemic delivery funding asked to ‘review’ them The NHS Business Services Authority is "scrutinising" 44 community pharmacies for claims they have submitted as part of the COVID-19 pandemic delivery service.…
CQC proposes law change to close online prescribing loopholes linked to patient deaths The Care Quality Commission said its proposed legislative changes would improve its ability to regulate independent care providers that are currently “putting people’s lives at risk”.…
Prescribing of thyroid hormone increases by more than 60% in a decade Exclusive: Prescriptions for the thyroid hormone levothyroxine have increased by more than 12 million in a decade.…
Patients under 40 should be offered alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, says advisory body New advice says that unvaccinated adults aged 30–39 years without an underlying health condition should be offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine where possible.…
Pharmacist found five drug-related problems per older patient receiving intermediate care, study reveals The pharmacist in the study identified 494 “clinically relevant” drug-related problems in 91 patients receiving intermediate care.…
Pharmacy-led COVID-19 vaccination sites deliver more than 3 million vaccines Two pharmacies in England — Andrews Pharmacy in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and W Cheeseman & Son in Bedfordshire — have delivered more than 30,000 COVID-19 vaccinations each.…
Most pharmacists on RPS mentoring programme seeking help with career development, study finds Mentees that were part of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's mentoring programme were found to be mostly seeking advice and support on career progression.…
Community pharmacy employers restart talks on the future of supervision The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, the Company Chemists' Association and the National Pharmacy Association have said they want a greater "pharmacist presence in the pharmacy".…
