Community Pharmacy Scotland

More independent prescribers to be trained in Scottish community pharmacy

Independent prescriber training will be given to all pharmacists who complete the NHS Education for Scotland pharmacy foundation training programme, the Scottish government has announced.…

Pharmacies in Scotland provide 84,000 ‘advice-only’ consultations each week, study finds

Community pharmacies in Scotland provide around 84,000 advice-only consultations every week, a study carried out by Community Pharmacy Scotland, Robert Gordon University and the University of Strathclyde has found.…

Harry McQuillan: ‘Pharmacy First is the art of pharmacy’

Scottish community pharmacy is about to enter a new phase as the Pharmacy First service aims to position it as the first port of call for common clinical conditions.…

Pharmacies to receive £1,250 per month under NHS Pharmacy First scheme

Pharmacies offering the NHS ‘Pharmacy First’ scheme in Scotland will receive base payments of £1,250 per month from 1 October 2020, the Scottish government has confirmed.…

‘Urgent’ need to formalise information sharing between prescribers and dispensers, Scottish parliamentary committee says

A Scottish Parliament report on the supply and demand for medicines has recommended a formal system for information sharing between prescribers and dispensers.…

Pharmacies urged to stay open seven days per week in the face of COVID-19

Pharmacists in Scotland have been urged to do what they can to ensure that pharmacies stay open for seven days per week during the COVID-19 crisis.…

Scottish community pharmacy sees first ever three-year funding settlement agreed

The first ever three-year funding settlement for Scottish community pharmacy will see an increase of almost £5m for the sector over the 2020/2021 financial year.…

Pharmacy First service may ‘swamp’ pharmacies with work, RPS Scottish chair warns

Pharmacists in Scotland could face being “swamped with work” under the expanded Pharmacy First scheme, which is due to launch in April 2020, the chair of the RPS Scottish Pharmacy Board has warned.…

RPS in Scotland reiterates need for access to patient records

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has reiterated the need for pharmacist access to digital patient records.…

Community Pharmacy Scotland ‘hopeful’ pharmacists will be paid per consultation under universal minor ailments service

Community pharmacists in Scotland are asking to be paid per consultation under the revamped national minor ailments service.…