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Pharmacy contractors asked to audit patient consultations for ‘improper referrals’ from GPs and NHS 111

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee’s second pharmacy advice audit will take place in the week of 25 January 2021.…

How our multidisciplinary approach helped us reduce our practice’s high-dose prescribing by almost half

Senior GP pharmacist Rory Donnelly explains how his practice helped reduce high-dose opioid prescribing by an average of 40%.…

Welsh pharmacies save over 35,000 GP appointments each week, audit finds

Around half of patients who received advice in Welsh pharmacies would otherwise have gone to their GP first, an audit by Community Pharmacy Wales has found.…

Pharmacists in one county say working with GP practices during the COVID-19 pandemic has been ‘difficult’

A survey of pharmacists in Kent has found that 80% have had difficulties with communication and collaboration with GP practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Low-carb diet sends nearly half of type 2 diabetes patients into remission in small research study

Following a lower carbohydrate diet for an average of 23 months could help achieve a 46% drug-free type 2 diabetes mellitus remission rate in UK primary care.…

Pharmacist-led medication safety intervention cuts hazardous prescribing by 40%, evaluation finds

A pharmacist-led medication safety intervention can reduce rates of potentially hazardous prescribing in primary care by more than 40% in a year, a report has suggested.…

Major wholesaler says all its vaccination stock is taken for flu season

A major wholesaler has said that all of its stock of flu vaccinations for the 2020/2021 winter season are “committed”.…

Pharmacists complete 90% of consultations referred by GPs under national pilot, says NHS England

Pharmacies across five pilot sites have completed nine in ten patient consultations referred to them by GPs through the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service, NHS England has said.…

National medication errors project shows reduction in hazardous prescribing

An evaluation of the national roll-out of the ‘Pharmacist-led Information Technology Intervention for Medication Errors’ (PINCER) project has shown that it has led to reductions in hazardous prescribing.…

Pharmacists could screen patients for AF during flu vaccination appointments, study suggests

Screening for atrial fibrillation could be carried out during flu vaccination appointments to increase early detection rates, a feasibility study has suggested.…