Fewer than half of pharmacists issue warning cards for patients using valproate Only 40% of pharmacists are meeting a patient safety requirement when dispensing valproate to women, an audit carried out by the Company Chemists’ Association has found.…
McKesson UK’s automated dispensing capacity to double by June 2020 The parent company of LloydsPharmacy, McKesson UK, has announced plans to double the number of items it dispenses through its centrally automated system by June 2020.…
GPs vote for pharmacists to have power to substitute medicines during shortages GP representatives have voted in favour of giving pharmacists the ability to identify appropriate and available alternatives to medicines that are in short supply.…
LloydsPharmacy to send out centrally dispensed items in recyclable bags from 2020 LloydsPharmacy is making all 6 million of its centrally produced prescription bags recyclable, the multiple has announced.…
GPs to vote on giving pharmacists power to substitute medicines during shortages GPs are set to vote on whether pharmacists should be “responsible for identifying appropriate and available alternatives” when medicines are in short supply.…
No evidence that hub-and-spoke dispensing will save money, admit pharmacy negotiators Pharmacy negotiators have not seen any evidence that extending the hub-and-spoke model of dispensing in community pharmacy will save money, the chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has said.…
‘Specialist pharmacies’ to dispense recreational drugs under Green Party government policy Specially qualified pharmacists would be able to dispense recreational drugs over the counter under a Green Party government, according to the party’s latest drug policy.…
Pharmacist jailed after submitting more than 1,500 false payment claims to the NHS The co-director of a small pharmacy chain in Wales has been sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment after submitting more than £76,000 worth of false payment claims to the NHS.…
Almost half of community pharmacists admit to self-checking their own dispensing Nearly half of community pharmacists in Great Britain have admitted that they self-check their own dispensing, results of The Pharmaceutical Journal 2019 salary and satisfaction survey have shown.…
Barcode database errors could see wrong medicines dispensed to patients, warns pharmacy negotiator Pharmacists have been asked to “remain vigilant” when dispensing certain packs of medicines after a discrepancy was found between barcodes on the packs and corresponding data stored in an NHS Business Services Authority database.…
