Pharmacy educators should incorporate sustainability into curriculums, says GPhC Updated guidance urges pharmacy education and training providers to make changes to course provisions to inform future pharmacists about sustainability issues that affect pharmacy and patients.…
Some UCLan students should not have been offered MPharm placements, says GPhC The General Pharmaceutical Council has intervened at the University of Central Lancashire’s School of Pharmacy owing to “extensive” issues, including a lack of pharmacists as senior staff.…
How we are helping to address the DPP shortage Pharmacist Ruhina Kassam explains why she set up DPP Connect to match trainee independent prescribers with designated prescribing practitioners, and how her business could help the NHS in the future.…
How an MPharm placement in social care is preparing students for real-world roles Pharmacist educators in Manchester explain the value brought to students by a residential nursing home placement within the MPharm programme.…
GPhC could consider scrapping registration assessment Meeting minutes have also revealed discussions about delivering the registration exam calculations paper as an “on-demand paper to be taken at a time selected by the candidate”.…
Educational supervision is needed to support community pharmacists as independent prescribers Why independent prescribers working in community pharmacy need support from education supervisors to become competent and confident prescribers.…
Top ten features of 2024 From dangerous new synthetic opioids to the use of artificial intelligence to transform drug discovery, our most popular features this year have covered a wide array of topics.…
NHS England delays mandatory multi-sector foundation training rotations Cross-sector rotations had been due to start for 2026/2027 pharmacy foundation trainees, but they will now not be mandatory until the following year.…
How student internships are helping to build the future of pharmacy research Universities and hospitals in the north of England hosted six interns through collaborative multi-sector placements funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. Coordinators of the internship programme explain how this has benefitted students and researchers alike.…
First community pharmacist awarded RPS advanced practice credential Commenting on the award, Maxine McCabe encouraged other community pharmacists to pursue advanced credentialing and said “it’s challenging but very rewarding”.…
