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GP practices must ensure IT systems allow pharmacy staff to record consultations, new contract says

The 2025/2026 GP contract says GP Connect must be enabled to allow pharmacy staff to send consultation details into the GP practice workflow.…

ARRS staff linked to lower prescribing rates in GP practices, study results show

Lower levels of prescribing could be attributed to the high number of pharmacists employed under the additional roles reimbursement scheme, the paper says.…

Lack of joined-up working between pharmacy and general practice is ‘nonsensical’, says former BMA chair

Speaking at a House of Commons event, Chaand Nagpaul called for pharmacy and GP contracts to be aligned “for certain pathways of care”.…

Free pharmacy advice saves 38 million GP appointments a year, CPE audit finds

Just over half of patients given unfunded pharmacy consultations said they would otherwise have contacted their GP.…

Pharmacies warned to be prepared to support people being released early from prison

NHS England has written to community pharmacy leads and GPs to request that they prepare to support people being released early from prison in September and October 2024.…

Impact of GP industrial action on community pharmacies has been ‘mixed’, pharmacy leaders say

Pharmacy leaders have warned that community pharmacies have been left in a “precarious position” by GPs’ work-to-rule action, led by the British Medical Association.…

Community pharmacies report prescription delays caused by global IT outage

A defect found in a content update has impacted servers worldwide, including electronic patient record systems and software used in community pharmacies across the UK.…

NHS survey reveals fewer than 5% of patients have been referred to community pharmacy from general practice

The vast majority of respondents to the survey also described their experience of pharmacy services as ‘good’.…

More than 60 community pharmacies access cancer red-flag symptom card scheme

Exclusive: The ‘Not normal for you?’ scheme enables pharmacists to identify patient behaviours that may signal cancer and refer patients for red-flag symptoms.…

Using a support and development service to facilitate successful integration of pharmacy staff across a GP federation

England's introduction of the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) in 2019 sparked a seismic shift in the GP pharmacy workforce​[1]​. This pioneering scheme emerged as a cornerstone of the health service’s response to surging demand for services. This is evident if we look back at wor…