PJ, October 2022, Vol 309, No 7966

Additional 130 community pharmacies sign up to offer independent prescribing service

Judy Thomas, director of contractor services at Community Pharmacy Wales, said she expected a "huge jump" in the number of independent prescribing pharmacists from January 2023.…

Complex decision-making for foundation and newly qualified pharmacists

An outline of the skills pharmacists need in order to make complex clinical decisions and how to improve these over time.…

Community pharmacy ‘conflict of interest’ must be tackled in prescribing pilots, says deputy chief pharmaceutical officer

Bruce Warner said the NHS “can’t hide from the conflicts of interest” that arise from prescribing and dispensing within the same community pharmacy.…

John Morton Midgley (1937–2022)

On 3 August 2022, John Midgley FPharmS, aged 85 years, of Hyde, Greater Manchester. Mr Midgley OBE was a former member of the council of the Society.  Tribute John was one of these rare individuals who excelled in both pharmacy and chemistry and who was able to utilise his expertise in t…

Stop recruiting GP pharmacists, community pharmacy negotiator tells minister

Speaking at The Pharmacy Show on 16 October 2022, Janet Morrison said the government should look at workforce planning across primary care.…

Infographic: the rise of independent prescribers

More than 14,000 pharmacists are now qualified as independent prescribers, with hundreds more starting training courses in September 2022. We take a deep dive into the independent prescribers currently on the register.…

Pharmacists should have read-write access to health records, standards body says

The Professional Record Standards Body found that pharmacists should have full read and write access to patient records "due to the nature and complexity of pharmacists' involvement in care and treatment".…

Community pharmacies may be locally commissioned to dispense COVID-19 antivirals

Exclusive: Draft guidance from NHS England says community pharmacies may assist in "establishing and maintaining timely access to COVID-19 therapeutics".…

Community pharmacies at lowest number for seven years, NHS figures show

There was a net loss of 110 community pharmacies in England in 2021/2022.…

MPs call for national formulary for HRT treatments

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Menopause has also called for HRT prescription costs to be scrapped.…