Dispensing

Hub-and-spoke dispensing expansion set to begin in October 2025

Hub-and-spoke dispensing between different legal entities will be permitted from 1 October 2025 under draft amendments to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012.…

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.…

Hospitals should review pharmacy support in emergency departments, says health safety investigation body

In a report, the Health Services Safety Investigations Body recommends that hospitals evaluate their processes so that patients in need of time-critical medicines are identified as soon as possible upon admission.…

Patient safety improvement and medicines waste targeted by repeat prescribing toolkit

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society says the new resource is the first national good practice guidance on repeat prescribing published in 20 years.…

Changes to hub-and-spoke legislation will be delayed, government tells CPE

Community Pharmacy England says it has been told by the Department for Health and Social Care that the changes will not happen from 1 January 2025 as planned.…

Whole-pack dispensing to be introduced from January 2025 following legislation change

Community Pharmacy England says professional judgement should be used to assess whether dispensing 10% more or less than the quantity prescribed is appropriate.…

Pharmacy2U facility rejected from pharmaceutical list dispenses more than 1 million NHS prescriptions per month

Exclusive: NHS Resolution rejected the Leicestershire facility's inclusion on the pharmaceutical list in January 2020, a requirement for opening any new NHS pharmacy in England.…

Replacing automated medication dispensing machines: how to plan and implement change when equipment reaches end of life  

An overview of the factors to consider when planning and implementing the replacement of ageing pharmacy robots.…

PJ view: Changes to hub-and-spoke legislation are too late for a community pharmacy sector in crisis

From 1 January 2025, all community pharmacies will be able to outsource dispensing to a third party but the “significant impact” it will have on the challenges facing the sector have been overstated by the government.…

Government backs two new models of hub-and-spoke dispensing

The Department of Health and Social Care has said it will implement both models between pharmacies that are not within the same legal entity.…