England

NHS campaign aims to encourage patients to check free prescription eligibility

A nationwide campaign to help crack down on patients claiming free prescriptions when they are not eligible is to be launched on 10 September 2018.…

Women in England will be able to complete medical abortions at home by end of 2018

From the end of 2018, women in England will be able to complete medical abortion procedures at home, the government has announced.…

Pharmacists in care homes could save NHS £135m, says RPS’s Robbie Turner

Robbie Turner, director of pharmacy and member experience at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, wrote to all 44 sustainability and transformation partnership leads to reiterate how the pharmacy sector should be embedded in STP implementation plans and working groups.…

Charity steps in to fund PrEP access in England and NI

A leading HIV and sexual health charity has announced that it will launch a pre-exposure prophylaxis access fund in autumn 2018 to support people in England and Northern Ireland who cannot access or afford the drug.…

RPS ambassador scheme to champion the Society across England

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in England has appointed ten ambassadors to champion the benefits of being a member.…

Every GP surgery in London now using the Electronic Prescription Service

The Electronic Prescription Service is now live in all 1,311 eligible GP practices in London, NHS Digital has announced.…

Large online POM orders should only be permitted following consultation, says RPS

Patients should not be able to place online orders for large amounts of prescription-only medicines unless an appropriate consultation has taken place, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has said.…

Advice in community pharmacy not effective in tackling harmful alcohol consumption, says PHE review

Brief interventions delivered by community pharmacists were no more effective than a leaflet alone in reducing hazardous or harmful alcohol consumption, a review from Public Health England has highlighted.…

Ravi Sharma appointed RPS director for England

Ravi Sharma has been appointed as the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s director of England.…

HPV vaccination programme in England to be extended to boys

Boys aged 12–13 years in England will now be offered the human papilloma virus vaccine to protect them from cancer, health minister Steve Brine has announced.…