News Vacancy rate for community pharmacist roles in England has doubled since 2017 Survey results show that the full-time equivalent community pharmacy vacancy rate was the highest in the South West of England, at 14%.…Published: 20 January 2022
News Minor ailment scheme extension could save NHS up to £640m annually, says PSNC The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee suggested that savings could be made by transferring 40 million GP appointments to pharmacies via the 'Community pharmacy consultation service'.…Published: 19 January 2022
News Pilot launched to investigate use of genetic testing to predict heart disease risk The biotech company Genomics has suggested that rolling out its genetic testing across England among individuals aged 45 to 64 years could cut the number of cardiovascular events by 11,000 over 10 years.…Published: 18 January 2022
News Pharmacies could receive 275,000 extra minor ailments service referrals annually Additional symptoms have been included for referral to the 'Community pharmacist consultation service' after a review of the NHS 111 referral pathway.…Published: 17 January 2022
Opinion How we introduced electronic prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic Rushika Patel explains how one of the UK's largest hospitals managed risk and rapidly changing clinical guidance to implement an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system.…Published: 17 January 2022
News Quarter of referrals under national hospital discharge service from just one area Exclusive: More than a quarter of the 63,109 referrals within the first nine months of the discharge medicine service were sent from NHS trusts in the Cheshire and Merseyside Sustainability and Transformation Partnership area.…Published: 14 January 2022
News Community pharmacies administer 22 million COVID-19 vaccines in a year A total of 1,500 pharmacy-led vaccination sites have delivered nearly 20% of all COVID-19 vaccinations since the programme began.…Published: 13 January 2022
News Pharmacies to offer point-of-care test and treatment for acute cough Under a patient group direction, community pharmacies in Liverpool will be able to supply doxycycline to eligible patients referred through the 'Community pharmacist consultation service'.…Published: 11 January 2022
News Health minister promises to extend ‘zero tolerance’ measures to community pharmacy after reports of abuse Shortages of lateral flow tests have led to verbal abuse of pharmacy staff, pharmacy bodies have said.…Published: 10 January 2022
News New chief pharmaceutical officer for England appointed David Webb, chief pharmacist and clinical director at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, will succeed Keith Ridge in February 2022.…Published: 10 January 2022
