Community pharmacy services

Pharmacists should be able to refer patients directly to secondary care for skin conditions, says APPG chair

Exclusive: Taiwo Owatemi, chair of the All-Party Pharmacy Group, has said pharmacists could "easily" help with dermatology referrals.…

Integrated care system to trial cross-sector training for entry-level pharmacists

The 'Start, Training, Advantage and Rotation' (STAR) initiative will offer 20 places to fledgling pharmacists, with rotation across both general practice and community pharmacy settings.…

Supermarket pharmacy closures: a watershed moment?

Pharmacy multiples and supermarkets have put 252 in-store branches at risk of closure in 2023, adding strain to an already stretched community pharmacy sector.…

Supermarket branches at risk of closure could shift 1 million extra prescriptions per month to nearby pharmacies

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS data show that supermarket-based pharmacies at risk of closure dispensed a total of 984,246 prescriptions in the month of October 2022.…

Nearly 1 billion e-prescriptions issued over past year

NHS England data show that the number of e-prescriptions issued in England has almost doubled in the past five years.…

Chlamydia: screening, diagnosis and management

Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the UK. Learn the signs and symptoms of chlamydia, who is eligible for screening and how to treat it.…

Pharmacist honoured for COVID-19 vaccination work

Viral Doshi received the British Citizen Award for his work setting up the Navnat Centre in Hayes, west London, as a COVID-19 vaccination hub.…

Buprenorphine initiation in community pharmacy ‘feasible’ for opioid withdrawal, concludes study

Community pharmacies can safely initiate patients on buprenorphine for opioid dependence and are likely to keep them engaged with treatment for longer, according to results of a small study.…

NHS loses £16m in COVID-19 loans after ‘significant number’ of pharmacy closures

An urgent uplift to advance payments was meant to "support pharmacies with their cashflow pressures", but hundreds have closed.…

Pharmacies report three-fold increase in patients seeking emergency medicine 

A Welsh health board has reported a 345% increase in the number of people seeking emergency medicine in December 2022, compared with the same month in 2021.…