Community Pharmacy Scotland

Scottish community pharmacies trialling oral contraception initiation service

The service offers a variety of oral contraception that can be prescribed, including the progesterone-only pill or combined oral contraception.…

Government to ‘accelerate’ roll-out of independent prescribing in pharmacies, says prime minister

Speaking at prime minister’s questions, Sir Keir Starmer reiterated the importance of delivering care in “local communities to spot problems earlier”.…

Community pharmacies to receive increase in funding worth £13.2m for 2024/2025

Community Pharmacy Scotland has accepted a £13.2m uplift in the country's community pharmacy remuneration global sum, bringing the total to £232.7m for 2024/2025.…

Pharmacy teams identify patients with ‘red-flag’ cancer symptoms in early diagnosis project

Exclusive: Of those identified, 17 people presenting with red-flag symptoms received a formal consultation with a pharmacist during the six-month project.…

Pharmacy bodies say payment system has left Scottish pharmacies in ‘financial chaos’

Payment shortfalls and delays have followed the introduction of the new data capture validation and pricing process, pharmacy bodies have claimed.…

Allow all pharmacy staff to prepare and assemble medication without supervision, says Community Pharmacy Scotland

In its response to a government consultation, Community Pharmacy Scotland said the preparation and assembly of medications “can be safely carried out from a registered pharmacy premises, without requiring supervision by a Responsible Pharmacist or an authorised pharmacy technician”.…

Scottish government to publish review of automated technology in community pharmacies

The technology being trialled includes robotic process automation, automated medicine storage systems, barcode scanners and prescription collection kiosks.…

Negotiators agree uplift in funding worth £12.3m for pharmacies in Scotland

Community Pharmacy Scotland has accepted an offer from the government for 2023/2024 that also includes a guaranteed minimum of £100m and £80m in mapped money.…

NHS Education for Scotland creates three roles to boost advanced pharmacist practitioners

The programme leads will be tasked with helping health boards plan and implement advanced practice pilots, while working to increase the number of designated prescribing practitioners across community pharmacy.…

Pharmacies may have to cut services and opening hours because of ‘serious financial trouble’, Community Pharmacy Scotland warns

The future of Pharmacy First is also at risk because of funding problems, Community Pharmacy Scotland says.…