Clinical pharmacy

Department of Health extends consultation period for community pharmacy proposals

Health minister Alistair Burt has confirmed that the Department of Health will extend its consultation on proposals for the community pharmacy sector until 24 May 2016.…

MPs debate ‘perverse’ community pharmacy proposals

Government plans to slash £170m from the community pharmacy budget in England in October 2016 are uneconomic and short sighted because patients will turn to over-stretched GP services and hospital casualty departments to fill the gap in care, according to MPs.…

Why deintensification of drug therapy could be beneficial for some patients

Intensive drug treatment for certain patients with comorbidities can sometimes do more harm than good.…

Efficiency proposals for community pharmacy will not provide meaningful savings, says Pharmacy Voice

Pharmacy Voice, which represents three community pharmacy associations, has spelt out its opposition to UK government proposals to slash 6% from the national settlement for England and have described ministers’ plans for the future of the profession as “ill-conceived and inconsistent&rdq…

Burt distances himself from ‘3,000 pharmacy closures’ prediction

The government is not making any presumptions about community pharmacy closures which could result from its proposals for the sector, according to Alistair Burt, minister of state for community and social care.…

Electronic repeat dispensing service at heart of PSNC’s proposals for clinically focused pharmacy service

An electronic repeat dispensing service for people with long-term conditions should become routine for community pharmacists in England, according to proposals for a more clinically led profession drawn up by national negotiators.…

Carter review calls for more clinical pharmacists to be deployed by NHS trusts

NHS trusts should deploy more clinical pharmacists, including pharmacist prescribers, and use them to drive value from the £6.7bn that NHS hospitals spends on medicines every year, Lord Carter has advised in his final review of English NHS acute hospitals.…

A general overview of clinical pharmacy

‘Clinical pharmacy pocket companion 2nd edition’, by Alistair Howard Gray, Jane Wright, Lynn Bruce and Jennifer Oakley.…

Government outlines plans for community pharmacy in England following cuts announcement

Details are starting to emerge about the government’s plans for the future of community pharmacy in England, as part of a consultation exercise that runs until 24 March 2016.…

Supervision: what needs to change to move pharmacy forward?

The board set up to review medicines legislation and to advise UK government ministers on pharmacy policy is due to make recommendations on how the rules around ‘supervision’ should change.…