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Why legal action is not the best way to address the community pharmacy funding crisis in England

As pharmacy contractors in England suffer budget cuts and their leaders instigate legal action, Northern Ireland pharmacy contractor Terry Maguire argues why this might not be a good idea and what English contractors might learn from their Celtic cousins.…

Published: 15 March 2017

Feature

RPS director for England: ‘Let’s make sure pharmacists feel supported and invigorated’

New RPS director for England, Robbie Turner, tells Julia Robinson about his plans for 2017 and how he hopes his experience as chief executive of Community Pharmacy West Yorkshire will help him achieve his goals.…

Published: 10 March 2017

Opinion

Clinical Pharmacist calls for papers on long-term conditions

We are calling for article submissions that highlight best practice in relation to the management of long-term conditions.…

Published: 7 March 2017

News

Manchester could pay for medicines based on efficacy

The health service in Manchester has signed a deal with the pharmaceutical industry that could lead to the authorities paying for medicines based on their efficacy.…

Published: 28 February 2017

News

How RPS members can run for election to the English Pharmacy Board in 2017

The scheme for the 2017 election provides for five places on the English Pharmacy Board for members or Fellows who work or live wholly or mainly in England, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man. The eligibility criteria are set out below. Please note that, as of 2016, places on the English P…

Published: 24 February 2017

News

RPS and CPPE launch Faculty handbook for practice-based pharmacists

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) have published a Faculty handbook for pharmacists on the CPPE general practice pharmacist training pathway (GPPTP), a programme created by Health Education England to equip pharmacists for work in the genera…

Published: 23 February 2017

Opinion

Recommendations made in Murray’s review for community pharmacy will not be simple to implement

Practical challenges, including building closer relationships with GPs, will need to be overcome if the recommendations in the Murray review on community pharmacy are to be implemented successfully.…

Published: 22 February 2017

News

English Pharmacy Board meeting: 26 January 2017

The English Pharmacy Board met for its first board meeting of the year on 26 January 2017, at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s London headquarters in Wapping, east London.…

Published: 14 February 2017

News

Overseas patients to pay fees to the NHS under new plans

Hospitals in England will have to check overseas patients’ and migrants’ entitlement to free non-urgent NHS care from April 2017 when new regulations are due to be introduced, the Department of Health has announced. On 6 February 2017, health secretary Jeremy Hunt said in a s…

Published: 6 February 2017

News

Smokers sent personalised letters are more likely to take up cessation services

Research suggests that sending smokers personalised information about their health risks could increase the uptake of and adherence to smoking cessation services.…

Published: 27 January 2017