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More than 30 community pharmacies in Wales now offer a COVID-19 vaccination service

Exclusive: A total of 34 community pharmacies have been commissioned to provide COVID-19 vaccination services across four Welsh health boards.…

Published: 30 November 2021

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More than 60 pharmacies in Wales could provide independent prescribing services under health board plans

Exclusive: Welsh health boards have told The Pharmaceutical Journal that they are planning to commission 40 additional pharmacies during winter 2021 and into 2022 to provide independent prescribing services.…

Published: 23 November 2021

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Health board to double number of community pharmacies offering independent prescribing service

The increase in pharmacies offering the independent prescribing service in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in Wales will mean around 15% of pharmacies in the region will offer the service.…

Published: 12 November 2021

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National pharmacy boards meeting: 23 September 2021

The English, Scottish and Welsh pharmacy boards met via Zoom to discuss the Society's plans to further develop its role in making pharmacy sustainable, workforce shortages and wellbeing.…

Published: 29 October 2021

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Three-quarters of pharmacists say lack of staff is hindering their job performance

Exclusive: Of the 991 respondents to The Pharmaceutical Journal's 2021 salary and job satisfaction survey, 77.8% said lack of staff was a barrier to doing their job, up from 48.6% in the 2020 survey.…

Published: 27 October 2021

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Prescribers should warn patients about dependence before starting them on high-risk drugs, says NICE

In its first guideline on medicines that can cause dependence or withdrawal symptoms, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended that prescribers warn patients about these risks and offer alternative treatment options before prescribing.…

Published: 22 October 2021

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Expansion of pharmacist independent prescribing service to start in November 2021

Exclusive: Digital Health and Care Wales has completed an assurance that will allow all health boards to commission additional sites to provide the 'Choose Pharmacy' independent prescribing service from 1 November 2021.…

Published: 21 October 2021

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Pharmacists to join NHS industrial action over pay rise offer

Exclusive: The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists says it will encourage its members to join any industrial action planned over pay.…

Published: 7 October 2021

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Full electronic prescribing within five years, Welsh government pledges

The Welsh government aims to replace paper prescriptions and 'wet' signatures in primary care with electronic prescriptions and signatures in the next three to five years.…

Published: 21 September 2021

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It is ‘shocking’ that free flu vaccinations are not being offered to all pharmacists in England and Wales, says RPS

Claire Anderson, president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said the Society is "calling on the NHS to offer free flu vaccinations to pharmacists and pharmacy teams in both England and Wales, as is the case in Scotland”.…

Published: 21 September 2021