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Give pharmacists more responsibility to help cut doctors’ workload, GPs say

GP receptionists could “signpost” patients to pharmacists without the need for a doctor’s appointment to help ease pressure on general practice, a report by the Royal College of General Practitioners has said.…

Royal College of GPs to help healthcare professionals talk to patients about menstrual wellbeing

The Royal College of General Practitioners is starting work on support for GPs and healthcare professionals to talk to patients about menstrual conditions.…

Pharmacists are most visited out-of-hours resource and rated highest for care, Scottish survey reveals

Pharmacists and ambulance A&E crews have been rated joint best for care, according to a survey by the Scottish government.…

Huge variation in gluten-free prescribing across England, new research finds

Prescribing of gluten-free products varies substantially across primary care in England, according to a new study published in BMJ Open.…

Tales and take-home lessons from general practice

What’s in a story? Lessons for general practice, by David Orlans, Rodger Charlton & Samuel Finnikin…

New GP contract rolls out across Scotland

A new GP contract for Scotland was launched on 1 April 2018.…

Private online GP-consulting services may fuel antimicrobial resistance, study finds

A study by researchers at Imperial College London has raised concerns about the negative impact of the expansion of private online GP-consulting services on efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance.…

Opioid use on the rise in England, particularly in the north, study finds

Long-term opioid use for chronic non-cancer pain is rising steeply in England according to a study in the British Journal of General Practice …

Doctor dispensing is no longer relevant and undermines pharmacy

I have been a community pharmacist since 1974 and am now semi-retired. I have been fortunate enough to have lived and worked all my life in an area of outstanding natural beauty in North Wales; within ten minutes of locking the pharmacy I could be on the golf course or out in the bay on the boat&nbs…

Community pharmacist independent prescribers can play key role in GP practices, pilot finds

Community pharmacist independent prescribers working in GP practices can offer a number of benefits to primary care teams, a report from the University of Nottingham has found…