England

Pharmacy workforce group aims to quadruple number of trainees in Somerset by 2026

Exclusive: According to NHS England data, Somerset has the highest vacancy rate for community pharmacist roles, with almost a third of vacancies unfilled.…

PJ view: Inequity of access to medicines for compassionate use must end

More than half of acute trusts lack a centralised database of medicines provided through compassionate use schemes, leaving a dearth of information that should be shared to help create fairer access to life-saving treatments.…

Every integrated care board to run at least one community pharmacy independent prescribing pilot

NHS England has published a tender for an independent evaluation of the community pharmacy independent prescribing pathway programme.…

How a commissioning support unit increased primary care referrals from the Black Country Integrated Care System to the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme

Between June 2021 and March 2023, NHS Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit (MLCSU) were commissioned by the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (subsequently the Black Country Integrated Care System [ICS]) to engage with practices and directly with patients, …

Pharmacies in England’s most deprived areas provide 50% more NHS services to their local populations

Exclusive: "Worrying" new figures show funding cuts are putting much-needed pharmacy services at risk in England's most deprived areas.…

New ten-year vision for pharmacy says pharmacists will play important role in use of genomic data

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the King's Fund developed the vision with input from pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and patients.…

Hospital pharmacists in England and Wales to be balloted on industrial action

Exclusive: Unite has confirmed that rolling ballots will close before Christmas, meaning workers could walk out in January 2023.…

More than a third of NHS trusts have no ethnic minority pharmacists at senior levels

Exclusive: Of 87 NHS trusts and health boards across Great Britain that provided latest data, 34.5% do not employ pharmacists from ethnic minority backgrounds at NHS 'Agenda for change' band 8b or above.…

England has lowest number of community pharmacies in five years, figures show

Closures in 2019/2020 have resulted in the lowest number of community pharmacies in England since 2015/2016.…

English Pharmacy Board meeting: 8 October 2020

Topics discussed at the latest English Pharmacy Board meeting included learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Action in Belonging, Culture and Diversity group and updates on education.…