News Community pharmacy hospital discharge service to launch in Scotland The discharge service is part of the Scottish government's 'NHS Recovery Plan', which aims to address the backlog in NHS care between 2021 and 2026.…Published: 27 August 2021
News Combined paracetamol and ibuprofen tablets reclassified to general sale despite concerns Concerns from pharmacy representatives include that patients may confuse the dosage of Nuromol with paracetamol and that the number of interactions with pharmacists will be reduced.…Published: 17 August 2021
Feature A quiet revolution: how pharmacist prescribers are reshaping parts of the NHS Figures obtained by The Pharmaceutical Journal show that the number of pharmacist independent prescribers in England has more than tripled since 2016, but NHS England has yet to cement their place in the community.…Published: 27 July 2021
News Independent prescribing pharmacists deliver 16,000 consultations since 2016 Out of the 713 community pharmacies in Wales, 33 have delivered a combined total of 16,005 independent prescriber consultations.…Published: 30 June 2021
News Kent LPC receives extra cash to increase GP referrals to pharmacist consultation service The money will be used to support GP surgeries with training and backfill costs for implementation of the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service.…Published: 24 June 2021
News Half a million consultations carried out under NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service in first three months of 2021 Data from Public Health Scotland show that the total payment for claims through the Pharmacy First service was more than £6m between January 2021 and March 2021.…Published: 16 June 2021
News Community pharmacy referral service to be rolled out to a third of GP networks in north west England by autumn 2021 The expansion of the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service means GPs will be able to refer to community pharmacies in 50 of the region's 166 primary care networks.…Published: 8 June 2021
News Dual action ibuprofen and paracetamol tablets should not be moved to general sale, RPS says In its response to a public consultation, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society says moving painkiller Nuromol to the general sales list may lead to patients confusing it with paracetamol and taking a higher dose than instructed.…Published: 8 June 2021
News Community pharmacy sore throat testing service to restart in two health board areas Exclusive: The sore throat test and treat service will restart in two health board areas, after Health Technology Wales reported that pharmacy-run rapid antigen detection testing "shows promise".…Published: 27 May 2021
News More conditions to be added to NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service Two new patient group directions are to be added to the Pharmacy First service, allowing pharmacists to treat patients with shingles and skin infections.…Published: 25 May 2021
