Community Pharmacy Scotland

Community Pharmacy Scotland to work with urban regeneration initiative on digital health

Community Pharmacy Scotland has signed up to work with an urban regeneration initiative in the west of Scotland to develop digital tools for the community pharmacy sector.…

New GPhC education standards could affect recruitment of pharmacy students, warns CPS

New standards for pharmacy education and training could have a “negative impact” on recruitment of pharmacy students, Community Pharmacy Scotland has said.…

Pharmacotherapy service may have to be altered owing to workforce shortages

Plans for every GP practice in Scotland to have the support of a pharmacist or pharmacy technician may have to be adjusted owing to workforce shortages, pharmacy leaders have warned.…

Community pharmacies forced to ‘limit’ services to comply with safe staffing guidance, pharmacy owners say

Pharmacy owners have told the General Pharmaceutical Council that they have been forced to limit services, including evening and weekend opening hours, in an effort to operate safely.…

Universal staffing difficulties reported by Scottish pharmacy owners

Every respondent to a Community Pharmacy Scotland survey has reported having staffing issues. …

Health secretary’s aide hears plea for government clarity on community pharmacy’s future

The government needs to be clear on where community pharmacy will stand in five years’ time, representatives of community pharmacy have told Alex Chalk, parliamentary private secretary to health minister Matt Hancock.…

Pharmacy contracts: where the money goes

Funding for the national community pharmacy contracts in England, Scotland and Wales is distributed differently. Here is a breakdown of how the three countries fund pharmacy services.…

Funding for Scottish pharmacies to rise by £2.6m

Community pharmacies in Scotland are to receive an increase in funding of £2.6m in 2018–2019.…

Prescription couriers not breaking data protection rules, Community Pharmacy Scotland reassures

Pharmacists in Scotland have been reassured that companies delivering their prescriptions will not be breaking new data protection rules.…

Free independent prescribing training offered to community pharmacists in Scotland

Community pharmacists in Scotland will have their fees paid for an independent prescribing course, and locum fees covered while they are training, under a scheme launched in May 2018.…