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.…
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.…
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.…
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".…
Pharmacists launch service to vaccinate homeless people and undocumented migrants against COVID-19 The charity NishkamSWAT vaccinated "at least 100" people against COVID-19 over three dates in April 2021.…
Summary care record views in community pharmacy increased by 30% in 2020 Exclusive: Pharmacists in England viewed patients' summary care records more than 1 million times in 2020, compared with around 800,000 times in 2019.…
RPS pharmacy board elections 2021: how should pharmacists’ training and development be supported at all career stages? In their responses to the second of two questions, candidates for the RPS national pharmacy board elections explain what they would to support training and development for pharmacists at any career stage.…
RPS pharmacy board elections 2021: how will you work to increase membership of the RPS? In their responses to the first of two questions, candidates for the RPS national pharmacy board elections explain what they would do to encourage more pharmacists to become members of the RPS.…
Campaign letter for RPS elections 2021: Claire Anderson on inclusion and diversityThis is a campaign letter for the 2021 RPS national pharmacy board elections. The views expressed in this letter belong to the author. Find out more about the RPS elections. Dear Editor, The pandemic has provided us all with an opportunity to look differently at the world. It has allowed me t…
