Supermarket pharmacy closures: a watershed moment? Pharmacy multiples and supermarkets have put 252 in-store branches at risk of closure in 2023, adding strain to an already stretched community pharmacy sector.…
Rising number of drug price concessions imposed on pharmacies by the government Exclusive: Pharmacy bodies say the concession system is "broken" and warrants an "urgent short-term solution and more fundamental long-term reform".…
Newborn babies to be genetically tested to prevent gentamicin-associated deafness Around 1,200 babies born in England and Wales each year are at risk of hearing loss from gentamicin.…
Pharmacist prescribers can reduce sedative use in care homes, study demonstrates Researchers found that pharmacist independent prescribers were able to improve outcomes for care home residents through "effective deprescribing" of anticholinergic and sedative drugs.…
The ‘Care homes independent prescriber study’: lessons learned for practitioners and researchers A summary of the learnings from CHIPPS, a study in which pharmacist independent prescribers were placed into care homes to improve medicines management.…
Community pharmacies made 89p in profit per item dispensed in past year, claims government The government has reported pharmacies made 89p in profit per item dispensed in 2021/2022, despite pharmacy contractors reporting "huge losses".…
Alan Findlay (1951–2023)On 5 January 2023, Alan Findlay, aged 71 years, of Aberdeen. Mr Findlay registered with the Society in 1975.…
Addressing microaggressions to deliver cultural competence in pharmacy Microaggressions are a subtle but damaging form of discrimination. Learn how to avoid unintentionally offending people based on their identity and what to do if you make a mistake.…
Half of pharmacists report increase in patients unable to afford prescription medicines, reveals survey The Royal Pharmaceutical Society survey of 269 pharmacists in England also revealed an increasing number of people are not collecting their prescriptions.…
Supermarket branches at risk of closure could shift 1 million extra prescriptions per month to nearby pharmacies Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data show that supermarket-based pharmacies at risk of closure dispensed a total of 984,246 prescriptions in the month of October 2022.…
