Community pharmacists should be allowed to alter out-of-stock medicines ‘within three months’, say MPs The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said changes would be “compatible with the direction of travel towards community pharmacies delivering more clinical services”.…
MPs call for urgent overhaul of community pharmacy funding model A report by the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said it had been told of annual shortfalls of “at least £67,000 per pharmacy in England” and up to “around £100,000” by pharmacy representative organisations.…
PJ view: Changes to hub-and-spoke legislation are too late for a community pharmacy sector in crisis From 1 January 2025, all community pharmacies will be able to outsource dispensing to a third party but the “significant impact” it will have on the challenges facing the sector have been overstated by the government.…
Updating hub-and-spoke legislation will level the playing field for community pharmacies The primary care minister, whose responsibilities include community pharmacy, explains why the government is committed to enabling all pharmacies to use dispensing hubs.…
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to be able to supply naloxone without a prescription The expanded access to take-home naloxone follows two government consultations carried out in 2021 and 2024, respectively.…
Government backs two new models of hub-and-spoke dispensing The Department of Health and Social Care has said it will implement both models between pharmacies that are not within the same legal entity.…
Subscription model for antimicrobials could be expanded in new UK five-year AMR plan 'Confronting antimicrobial resistance 2024 to 2029', published by the UK government on 8 May 2024, builds on the existing 20-year antimicrobial resistance strategy published in 2019.…
Regulator approves first injectable treatment for prevention of HIV Cabotegravir has been approved as pre-exposure prophylaxis in the UK in both tablet and injectable form.…
‘Shockingly little’ change in asthma care a decade on from national review, says charity Asthma + Lung UK has called on the government to introduce targets to end preventable asthma deaths, after finding little improvement in asthma care over the past ten years.…
Pharmacy under fire: managing medicines in war zones In this episode of The PJ Pod, we explore the challenges pharmacists face while working in conflict areas, such as Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.…
