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Future of pharmacy

The Pharmaceutical Journal is calling for examples of services and initiatives that demonstrate the future of pharmacy on a local level.

Please email us at editor@pharmaceutical-journal.com with a brief description of any initiative you are involved in that has been set up to meet local ambitions, but could be replicated in communities facing similar circumstances across the country.

Table of contents

Service development

Opinion

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PJ view: What are your ambitions for the future of pharmacy practice?

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Why we developed pharmacist training placements in health and justice settings

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How we treated more than 100 hepatitis C patients at pharmacist-led clinics in North Wales

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How pharmacist-led medication reviews reduced polypharmacy for patients on a virtual ward

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Community pharmacies have an essential role in sustaining the elimination of hepatitis C in England

How putting pharmacy technicians in charge of medicines administration cuts error rates

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Community pharmacy has a role in the safe transition of care for patients on anticoagulants

Features

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A prescribing service for England’s pharmacies: everything you need to know

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Charting the course to advancing pharmacist prescribing

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AI chatbots in pharmacy: a brave new world or looming threat?

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Can community pharmacy meet the demands of training more pharmacists?

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Are wearable devices the future of precise antibiotic dosing?

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Prepare to say ‘Hi!’ to your virtual AI assistant

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Designing a more resilient system for medicines supply in the UK

Supported content

News

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Welsh government working group tasked with looking into how to roll out PrEP provision to community pharmacies

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New ten-year vision for pharmacy says pharmacists will play important role in use of genomic data

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NHS England to commission evaluation of community pharmacy clinical services

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Roadmap to provide PrEP via community pharmacies will be ready by ‘end of the year’, government says

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Welsh government backs RPS Wales plan to transform hospital pharmacy

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

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‘Resilience’ of community pharmacies to be assessed as NHS England tenders contract for economic review of sector

Service development

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How to write a business case for a new pharmacy service

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How to develop a new clinical service

Pro-Skills: How to conduct a clinical audit in six steps

How to conduct a clinical audit in six steps

How to evaluate services delivered within community pharmacy

Quality improvement in pharmacy practice

Prescribing

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Principles of person-centred practice for prescribing

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Factors influencing effective communication when prescribing

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has published papers on this topic for each of the three GB nations: ‘A vision for pharmacy professional practice in England‘, ‘Pharmacy 2030: a professional vision‘ and ‘Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales‘