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Practice-based pharmacist scheme doubles return on investment

A practice-based pharmacist scheme in West Hampshire has saved the local NHS £2 on the cost of medicines for every £1 that was invested in the programme.…

Eight in ten GP practices unfit for ‘future needs’, British Medical Association warns

Nearly eight in ten GP practices are not fit for future needs such as accommodating larger teams of healthcare professionals including pharmacists, the British Medical Association has warned.…

Electronic intervention in GP practices reduces antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections

Integration of antimicrobial stewardship interventions into GP practices reduces antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections, research from King’s College London has found.…

HEE to extend opportunities for preregistration pharmacists in GP practices

Health Education England has announced the expansion of a preregistration training pilot scheme that offers trainee pharmacists the opportunity to split their time between general practice and community or hospital pharmacy. …

Every primary care network to get £38,000 to fund new clinical pharmacist role in 2019

Every primary care network in England is to receive £38,000 in recurrent funding to hire a “clinical pharmacist” from July 2019.…

Nine in ten places on GP practice preregistration pilot scheme filled

Health Education England has seen a 90% fill rate for its GP preregistration pilot scheme, which is due to start in the summer of 2019.…

Pharmacists able to update GP patient records with flu vaccine data from winter 2019

Exclusive: Pharmacists will be able to share data on patients’ flu vaccinations with GPs from winter 2019, using NHS Digital’s new data sharing standards.…

NHS 10-year plan: pharmacists to expand role under £4.5bn scheme to establish “primary care networks”

Networks of GP surgeries could receive financial incentives generated by employed pharmacists under a new long-term plan for the NHS.…

Pharmacists in GP surgery scheme achieves almost blanket coverage in city

A programme designed to increase joint working between community pharmacists and GPs has deployed a pharmacist in all but two of a city’s GP surgeries.…

New NHS Digital data standard to improve communication between pharmacists and GPs

NHS Digital has published a new data standard aimed at improving communications between pharmacists and GPs.…