NHS campaign aims to encourage patients to check free prescription eligibility A nationwide campaign to help crack down on patients claiming free prescriptions when they are not eligible is to be launched on 10 September 2018.…
Managing dental emergencies in community pharmacy: soft tissue conditions What advice pharmacists and their teams can give to patients presenting with soft tissue dental conditions in community pharmacy.…
Chief pharmaceutical officer expresses ‘regret’ for painful community pharmacy cuts Exclusive: NHS England’s chief pharmaceutical officer has expressed his regret for the difficulty cuts to the community pharmacy budget have caused the profession, but insisted they should be regarded as a “watershed” moment for pharmacy.…
Keith Ridge: ‘I regret the pain, but this is a watershed moment for pharmacy’ England’s chief pharmaceutical officer speaks to Nigel Praities about his plans for the future of pharmacy.…
Useful step-by-step guide to aseptic compounding Aseptic Compounding Technique: Learning and mastering the ritual, by Zachary Thomas Jordan…
Don’t stockpile drugs for Brexit, government tells community pharmacists Community pharmacists have been told by Matt Hancock, the health and social care secretary, not to stockpile medicines in the event of a no-deal Brexit.…
Pharmacy bodies lose final legal challenge to fight pharmacy cuts The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has said it gained “useful insight” into government thinking despite losing its legal attempt to force a judicial review of cuts to the community pharmacy budget.…
More safeguards needed to protect patients buying medicines online, say pharmacy bodies Pharmacy organisations have warned that proposals from the General Pharmaceutical Council to ensure the public obtains medicines and other pharmacy services safely online do not go far enough.…
Pharmacists force NHS rethink over cancellation of London-wide minor ailments scheme Plans to end a minor ailments service that runs across 14 London boroughs will not be implemented until the end of March 2019 because of fears over how it could affect vulnerable patients.…
Community pharmacy patient safety errors increase by 64% Mistakes made by community pharmacists at work rocketed by 64% between April 2018 and June 2018 according to latest figures compiled by the National Pharmacy Association (NPA).…
