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Nikki Kanani: ‘Shortages of the right pharmacists in some areas has been an issue’

The director of primary care at NHS England speaks about growing up in a pharmacy, her hopes for the sector and how to protect pharmacists from burnout.…

Pharmacists to receive packs of gloves, aprons and masks as protection against COVID-19

The government is expected to send out personal protective equipment to every community pharmacy starting from 16 March 2020 to help protect staff against COVID-19.…

NHS England says PCNs can hire pharmacy technicians earlier than planned

Primary care networks in some clinical commissioning groups can hire pharmacy technicians six weeks earlier than expected, NHS England has said.…

What role can pharmacy play in the social prescribing revolution?

The number of social prescribing staff has more than doubled in the past year, but pharmacy has yet to engage with schemes that can help patients with their wellbeing.…

Social prescribing staff numbers double in one year

The number of social prescribing staff being employed across clinical commissioning group areas has doubled over the past year, a Freedom of Information request by The Pharmaceutical Journal has revealed.…

Almost 40% of hospitals do not offer non-drug therapies to distressed dementia patients

Nearly 40% of acute trusts in England do not offer any non-pharmacological therapies to help manage symptoms such as distress, aggression and agitation in patients with dementia while they are in hospital, The Pharmaceutical Journal can reveal.…

More than 70 new advanced therapy medicinal products could be available in the UK by 2024

As many as 72 new advanced therapy medicinal products could be available in the UK by 2024, according to horizon scanning by the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service.…

Government to consider offering pharmacists fast-track training to become doctors

Pharmacists could be able to retrain as doctors on a fast-tracked course following the UK’s exit from the EU, the government has confirmed.…

Government opens talks on cutting delays to provision of medical cannabis

The government is considering whether licensed wholesalers could hold reserve stocks of medical cannabis to reduce delays in patients receiving their medicines.…

Primary care networks to be fully reimbursed for pharmacists under updated GP contract

Pharmacists employed by primary care networks will have their salaries fully reimbursed as part of an updated GP contract agreement, published on 7 February 2019.…