Understanding scope of practice and accountability when prescribing This article introduces the core components of professionalism for prescribing pharmacists and shows how these concepts can be used to enhance decision making and promote safe and effective prescribing practice.…
Evaluation report of community pharmacy clinical services delayed until spring 2025, says NHS England Exclusive: NHS England said the delay is to avoid releasing an incomplete report, which could infer inaccurate suggestions relating to the pharmacy sector and damage patient confidence.…
Community pharmacy bodies call for funding support towards impending national insurance hike Organisations have written to the chancellor over concerns that the planned employer national insurance contribution increase will hinder their ability to offer clinical services and support.…
Pharmacists may take collective action by end of January over contract delay, warns NPA Pharmacies may begin to limit service provision in the wake of continued delays to community pharmacy contract negotiations, according to a statement released by the National Pharmacy Association.…
‘A wicked problem’: tackling variable access to urgent palliative care medicines Despite national incentives and locally commissioned services designed to improve availability of critical end-of-life drugs from community pharmacies, access to urgent palliative care medicines remains a challenge.…
Government to ‘maximise’ Pharmacy First use as part of plan to tackle NHS waiting lists Ear, nose and throat services will be one of five areas where targeted reforms will aim to move treatment from hospitals to the community.…
Community pharmacies form part of flu vaccination ‘mop-up’ programme Flu vaccines are being offered at COVID-19 vaccination clinics, on weekends, and at pop-up clinics across Wales to tackle low uptake rates.…
Government ‘working towards’ enabling hub-and-spoke dispensing in 2025 The proposed legislation will enable hub-and-spoke dispensing between different legal entities, changing the current rules that only permit this model of dispensing between pharmacy locations that belong to the same legal entity.…
Pharmacy contract negotiations to start in new year, says health secretary Speaking at an evidence session held by the Health and Social Care Committee, Wes Streeting said his main focus was on “stabilising the system”.…
PJ view: There are still reasons to be optimistic about pharmacy in 2025, despite a challenging 2024 A turbulent 2024 has left the pharmacy profession with many uncertainties, but there are still opportunities to come in 2025.…
