Assisted dying exemption amendment for pharmacists to be debated in Parliament Kim Leadbeater MP, who introduced the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, has proposed the amendment, which will be discussed at the Bill's report stage.…
Government commits to introducing pharmacy supervision legislation later in 2025 According to a parliamentary answer from pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock, the government will publish its response to its own consultation over supervision changes “later this year”.…
Medicines optimisation teams need to showcase their value to withstand ICB funding cuts With integrated care boards soon to have lost 65% of their funding over two years, now is the time for medicines optimisation teams to ‘be noisy’ about their work.…
NPA will not recommend collective action that could have limited pharmacy services The National Pharmacy Association has announced that it will not recommend collective action, following the new pharmacy contract.…
Homecare medicines services need electronic prescribing and access to records, report urges The General Pharmaceutical Council has suggested that UK national health organisations should ensure that homecare pharmacy teams have the same access to clinical systems as other parts of patients’ care team.…
The pharmacy funding boost is a step in the right direction but it will not go far enough This month, our health policy columnist warns that while the latest pharmacy contract announcements are good news for pharmacy, the damage from years of underfunding may be difficult to undo.…
‘Serious gap’ in safe access to medicines for people with sensory impairment, report finds In a report, the patient safety commissioner for England recommends a funding review to support additional resources to improve access to medicines for those with sensory impairments.…
Community pharmacy funding boosted by £617m in two-year contract Community Pharmacy England has announced that a £193m write-off of historic margin overspend has also been agreed with the government.…
Pharmacy and GP contracts should ‘encourage collaboration’, says think tank report A report published by The King’s Fund has urged that national contracts for general practice and community pharmacy should be “coherent and complementary” in order to move care into the community.…
‘Urgent’ need for community pharmacy to play a role in medicines homecare services, review says The independent review, commissioned by the chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland, also said that key performance indicators for medicines homecare are “widely viewed as not fit for purpose”.…
