Great Britain

RPS vision for pharmacy by 2030 will ‘enhance patient care’, says MSP

Gillian Martin, convener of the Scottish parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, said that by implementing the ideas from 'Pharmacy 2030', "pharmacists will be even better utilised to enhance patient care, experience and safety".…

NHS Education for Scotland funds a further 186 independent prescriber training places

The funded places will be allocated first to pharmacists on the waiting list for training.…

No pharmacists apply for fully funded place on genomic medicine course

Exclusive: There have been no applications for funded places on the genomic medicine postgraduate course at Swansea University since the funding was allocated in 2019.…

Welsh government announces £2.4m in decarbonisation grants

Health boards and NHS organisations in Wales have until 9 June 2022 to apply for the funding.…

Welsh health minister says pharmacy degree apprenticeships are ‘worth looking into’

Exclusive: Despite widespread support from members of parliament, the Welsh government has confirmed there are no plans to pursue pharmacist apprenticeships in Wales.…

Extra 165 places made available for independent prescriber training in first three months of 2022

The national workforce strategy also pledges to create an additional 89 preregistration training places in Scotland by 2024/2025.…

Community pharmacies offered up to £1,500 to install COVID-19 ventilation

Community pharmacy contractors can claim the funding if the air ventilation system will be used to support clinical practice in "one or more consultation room locations".…

More than a third of NHS trusts have no ethnic minority pharmacists at senior levels

Exclusive: Of 87 NHS trusts and health boards across Great Britain that provided latest data, 34.5% do not employ pharmacists from ethnic minority backgrounds at NHS 'Agenda for change' band 8b or above.…

Health boards given £80m to offer more pharmacy support in general practice

In addition to providing greater pharmacy support, the Scottish government has announced that the funding will be used to provide increased nursing support and access to physiotherapy.…

RPS Scotland sets out vision of pharmacy in 2030

'Pharmacy 2030: a professional vision' sets out RPS Scotland's hopes for the profession, including that pharmacy technicians will "lead medicines management processes".…