The role of community pharmacy in addressing health inequalities An overview of health inequalities in the UK, using existing working examples to show how community pharmacy can help to address these.…
PJ view: Restore pharmacy opening hours to improve end-of-life care With a fifth of pharmacies in England reducing opening hours to save their business, people nearing the end of their lives have been added to a growing list of patient groups bearing the brunt of pharmacy underfunding.…
Clearer Pharmacy First messaging under consideration after reports of patient aggression, says negotiator There have been reports of confusion among adult patients because the Pharmacy First service specification states treatment for otitis media is only available for those aged under 18 years.…
More than a fifth of community pharmacies have cut opening hours in one year Exclusive: The most common drop in opening hours was between 2 and 4 hours per week, with some pharmacies reducing hours by more than 32 hours per week.…
Paul Rees: ‘Pharmacy First could be the saviour of general practice’ The National Pharmacy Association’s new chief executive sets out what needs to change to address the ‘urgent crisis’ unfolding in community pharmacy.…
RPS consults on advanced curricula for critical care and mental health pharmacy Once finalised, the two new curricula will be add-on modules to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's core advanced pharmacist curriculum, published in June 2022.…
Three core values of community pharmacy are fundamental to a healthy future How the community pharmacy network offers a unique combination of values to patients and the public that must be capitalised on.…
Pharmacy regulator consults on draft standards for chief pharmacists By producing new standards, the General Pharmaceutical Council says its aim is to clarify chief pharmacists’ roles and responsibilities to improve pharmacy governance.…
No progress on post-Brexit falsified medicines scheme in UK Health minister Andrew Stephenson said the Department of Health and Social Care was still “considering the right approach for the future”.…
The vision for supervision As 2023 draws to a close, our health policy columnist says pharmacy could be the solution to alleviating workforce issues that continue to plague the NHS.…