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RPS reports ‘exponential’ increase in applications for consultant credentialing

Exclusive: The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has received 23 applications from pharmacists to become consultants in the past six months, in comparison to 35 applications in the previous 19 months.…

Published: 25 November 2022

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Hospital pharmacists in England and Wales to be balloted on industrial action

Exclusive: Unite has confirmed that rolling ballots will close before Christmas, meaning workers could walk out in January 2023.…

Published: 15 November 2022

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NHS drug costs in England see biggest rise for five years to almost £18bn

The total cost of medicines and medical devices in England was £17.8bn in 2021/2022, up from £16.4bn in 2017/2018.…

Published: 10 November 2022

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How COVID-19 increased antipsychotic prescribing in care homes

As the care home sector struggled to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a shift to using more antipsychotic drugs. While concerning, this has since provided the push needed to consider new solutions to reduce prescribing of these potentially harmful drugs.…

Published: 3 November 2022

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UK pharmacist salaries increased by 2.6% in 2022

The increase in average annual pay of pharmacists is significantly below inflation, which hit 10.1% in October 2022.…

Published: 31 October 2022

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Hospital pharmacists encouraged to reject ‘insulting’ government pay offer

Nathan Burley, president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, said members should reject the "vastly below inflation pay offer" of a £2,205 flat pay increase and "prepare for action".…

Published: 25 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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Scottish health minister backs protected learning time for pharmacists

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has said it will write to Humza Yousaf to ask for a meeting on how the protected learning time could be achieved.…

Published: 12 October 2022

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Meet the prescribers: pharmacists transforming care for patients

The number of pharmacist independent prescribers in Great Britain has increased by two-thirds over the past two years, reaching almost 15,000. In this collection of articles, we profile independent prescribers from across the three nations.…

Published: 6 October 2022

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‘We are trained to work safely and within certain parameters’

Dianne Sanderson, senior clinical pharmacist and dermatology pharmacist, Vernova Healthcare, Cheshire…

Published: 6 October 2022