Community pharmacies to lose out in new £2.8bn funding deal The settlement includes £2bn, which will be delivered in fees and allowances, with the remaining £800m to be delivered through agreed drug purchase margins. …
High Court favours Boots in representation fight, but union to appeal in Europe The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union has lost the latest round in its battle to win the right to represent almost 7,000 Boots pharmacists in a battle over pay and hours.…
Complaints about NHS community health services fall, compared with an overall rise of 5%Official written complaints about community health services — including pharmacy — decreased by 8% between 2012/2013 and 2013/2014.…
Pharmacy-led flu vaccination programme put on hold after GPs object GPs in Shropshire and Staffordshire have objected to plans to allow pharmacists to deliver an influenza vaccination programme targeting at-risk patients.…
All community pharmacies need to get behind the new medicine service Community pharmacy deserves a pat on the back for the new medicine service, but there’s more work to do.…
Expanding the role of community pharmacy for the benefit of patients Katie Hovenden explains how promoting public health has led to her being the first pharmacist to be named as an inspirational female leader by the Health Service Journal.…
Pharmacy-led asthma service helps patients Service provided by pharmacists in Australia help patients manage conditions.…
Pharmacy commissioning can learn from the GP experience Pharmacy hasn’t been great at pitching services to the NHS. There are the usual excuses — too little funding or a lack of pharmacy representation on key bodies — but pharmacy could take a lesson from GPs.…
Patients satisfied with pharmacists treating minor ailmentsMore than 80% of patients with minor ailments said their condition either cleared up or significantly improved after they were prescribed treatment by a community pharmacist.…
Can a partnership programme of support help to empower pharmacists to initiate or increase the number of patient medicines use reviews?This paper aims to educate, motivate and support community pharmacists to increase the number of asthma medicines use reviews (MURs).…
