Community Pharmacy Wales

Social care should be considered when deciding where pharmacies are sited, says RPS Wales

Pharmaceutical needs assessments in Wales should include an assessment of local populations’ social care requirements, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales has said.…

Health minister writes to pharmacy multiples over ‘deplorable’ plans to charge patients for prescription delivery

The Welsh health minister has written to the country’s largest community pharmacy providers with concerns over proposals to introduce prescription delivery charges.…

Welsh government advisory body considers restrictions on prescribing of OTC medicines

If proposals to limit routine prescribing of over-the-counter medicines in Wales are introduced, patients who are told their condition can be treated with OTC medicines should be directed to a pharmacy, Community Pharmacy Wales has said.…

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.…

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.…

PSNC publishes guide to the General Data Protection Regulation

Guidance for community pharmacists to comply with the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation has been published by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…

Feedback sought from Welsh community pharmacy technicians

The Wales Centre for Pharmacy Professional Education is launching an online survey into Welsh community pharmacy technician roles.…

Welsh primary care clusters need a ‘major step-change’, consultation report says

Primary care clusters in Wales must see a “major step-change” if they are to deliver the Welsh government’s ambitions for primary care, a new report from the Welsh Assembly’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee says.…

CPW and BMA Wales join forces to increase uptake of flu vaccinations

Community Pharmacy Wales and the British Medical Association’s Wales GP committee have joined forces in a bid to increase the intake of NHS influenza vaccinations.…