Nearly 400 advanced pharmacist practitioners now working in primary care networks The overall number of pharmacists working in primary care networks has increased by more than a third in a year.…
Patient safety tsar to ‘eliminate’ dispensing of sodium valproate in white boxes Patient safety commissioner Henrietta Hughes said she would also work with health leaders to ensure that all relevant patients who take sodium valproate are on a Pregnancy Prevention Plan.…
Eliminating HIV: are we on target? Testing was blown off course by the COVID-19 pandemic, so England has to continue to make progress in order to reach its target of zero new HIV transmissions by 2030.…
NHS loses £16m in COVID-19 loans after ‘significant number’ of pharmacy closures An urgent uplift to advance payments was meant to "support pharmacies with their cashflow pressures", but hundreds have closed.…
‘Resilience’ of community pharmacies to be assessed as NHS England tenders contract for economic review of sector The review will also look at the impact on deprived communities if pharmacies close.…
‘Devastating effects’ caused by switching between branded and generic Parkinson’s disease medication Charity Parkinson's UK said patients had experienced pain and other symptoms after being switched between branded and generic medications.…
My digital journey: from GP pharmacist to clinical lead for NHS 111 Though far from easy, an MSc in digital skills offered Mark Allen an opportunity to switch from GP pharmacy to specialist clinical lead for NHS 111 Wales.…