Carolyn Wickware

Executive Editor

Carolyn Wickware is Executive Editor at The Pharmaceutical Journal

Pharmacies could provide ‘wider range’ of vaccinations in overhauled NHS vaccination service, says PSNC

NHS England expects "to develop a commissioning framework that enables an integrated approach to vaccinations in 2023/24".…

Electronic prescribing system cuts dispensing errors by almost half in one trust

Exclusive: As a result of implementing an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system, East London NHS Foundation Trust reduced dispensing errors by 45% and saved more than £900,000 per year.…

‘Competing priorities’: why is the rollout of e-prescribing taking so long?

The rollout of electronic prescribing and medicines administration systems is taking twice as long as expected in some areas, raising concerns that the resulting ‘hybrid’ systems are creating additional risks to patient safety.…

Community pharmacy in Wales promised 4% funding uplift conditional on staff pay rises

The uplift will increase annual community pharmacy contractual framework funding to £157.2m.…

NHS education body to fund supervisors for independent prescriber training pilots

Exclusive: A letter seen by The Pharmaceutical Journal confirms that Health Education England has agreed regional funding of £56,000 for each designated prescribing practitioner working as part of the teach and treat pilots.…

NHS education body funds research into curbing pharmacy technician ‘attrition’

Two large-scale surveys of registered pharmacy technicians aim to understand the workforce and look at career commitment and job satisfaction.…

Industrial action could lead hospital pharmacists to withdraw from weekend rotas, warns union leader

Exclusive: Even though the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists does not want industrial action, its president Nathan Burley said it may impact the provision of additional services.…

Nathan Burley: ‘We don’t want industrial action, we want fair pay’

As the newly elected president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, Nathan Burley says he is well placed to lead its members into the fight for improved terms and conditions for working pharmacists.…

COVID-19 booster programme expands as 350 extra pharmacies allowed to take part

Latest data show there are now 1,845 community pharmacies registered to give COVID-19 vaccinations.…

Pharmacists have improved antibiotic prescribing, finds study in 6,000 UK general practices

Employing pharmacists in general practices has led to "good prescribing behaviour" but patient satisfaction has decreased in practices that hired more healthcare professionals to support GPs.…