Hospital pharmacists to receive 5.5% pay rise Health secretary Wes Streeting said the government has accepted the NHS Pay Review Body’s recommendation to offer a 5.5% increase with effect from 1 April 2024 for all Agenda for Change staff.…
Pharmacy bodies say payment system has left Scottish pharmacies in ‘financial chaos’ Payment shortfalls and delays have followed the introduction of the new data capture validation and pricing process, pharmacy bodies have claimed.…
State of pharmacy: what’s in store for the profession under Labour? Labour’s plans for pharmacy have only been roughly sketched out, but the party’s track record — alongside demands from the sector — can provide some insight into how the planned NHS reform may affect pharmacy.…
Clinical trial recruitment in England fell by almost 10% in 2023/2024 There were 18,140 people recruited to interventional industry clinical trials in 2023/2024, compared with 19,984 people in 2022/2023.…
Scottish government publishes prescribing guidance aiming to save millions of pounds The Scottish government's draft guidance sets out a list of 17 products that are of “low clinical value” and 11 products that are of “limited clinical value”.…
Funding frozen for Welsh community pharmacy contract A circular published by Community Pharmacy Wales says government negotiators “simply did not have the authority to put more money on the table at this time”.…
Scottish government passes law change to close gaps in regulation of independent pharmacist-run clinics Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Scotland who wish to provide an independent clinic must now register with Health Improvement Scotland.…
Hospital trust to develop AI tool for translating medicines information The technology will translate medicine instructions into different languages to improve medicines adherence and patient safety.…
Pharmacists to be central in delivery of campaign to cut prescribing of high-risk pain medicines NHS Fife's 'Pain Talking' campaign is aimed at giving patients better control over chronic pain management and promoting non-medical treatment.…
Drug-related deaths in Scotland rose by 10% in 2023 Experts say the increase can be linked to the emergence of new synthetic opioids and the change in the benzodiazepine market from etizolam to bromazolam.…
