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Direct referral to pharmacies among goals of updated plan for Welsh pharmacy

The updated version of 'Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales' includes goals for pharmacists to be able to access and update patient records and embedding a genomic medicine plan into pharmacy practice.…

Published: 27 October 2022

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More than half of community pharmacies face IT outages lasting more than an hour, finds survey

The survey of 250 community pharmacy team members revealed that 56.5% had experienced electronic prescription service or patient medication record systems failing for more than one hour.…

Published: 21 October 2022

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Missed opportunities: the patients falling through the cracks after discharge

With more than a quarter of trusts in England yet to implement the NHS Discharge Medicines Service, high-risk patients could be missing out on lifesaving help from their community pharmacist.…

Published: 20 October 2022

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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.…

Published: 28 September 2022

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‘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.…

Published: 28 September 2022

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RPS Wales asks for views on 2025 strategy

The Society has put out a set of draft goals for 2025 for consultation.…

Published: 25 August 2022

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Royal Pharmaceutical Society calls for ‘Pharmacy First’ scheme for England in draft vision for pharmacy practice

The vision document, developed jointly with the King's Fund, is open for consultation until 30 September 2022.…

Published: 15 August 2022

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Pharmacy staff working at online providers account for third of open FtP investigations

Exclusive: Out of 600 open fitness-to-practise investigations, just over 30% involve pharmacists working within online pharmacies, the General Pharmaceutical Council has said.…

Published: 22 July 2022

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Pharmacies to have ‘seamless’ access to patient records under NHS digital reforms

The 'Plan for digital health and social care' has set out a range of digital reforms to be rolled out within the NHS over the next ten years.…

Published: 7 July 2022

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Pharmacists to be given legal right to certify fit notes from July 2022

Government says pharmacists, along with nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists, will be able to legally certify statements of fitness for work, but it is not clear under what conditions these powers will be used…

Published: 9 June 2022