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Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month

What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…

Q&A: ‘We should be worried when students are failing to become pharmacists’

As wide variation persists between UK universities’ pass rates for the GPhC registration exam, Stephen Robinson asks English Pharmacy Board member Claire Anderson, professor of social pharmacy at the University of Nottingham, what this means for students and the wider profession.…

Pharmacy risks being sidelined as NHS evolves, report warns

Pharmacists risk missing the opportunity to expand their clinical responsibilities within a changing NHS in England because of a failure to reform funding arrangements and a lack of consistent messages about the role the profession can play.…

Pharmacy workforce remains a dilemma

Reforms to pharmacy education and training will now proceed without a cap on student numbers, but there may well be unintended consequences.…

Disappointment at decision to ignore call to cap pharmacy student numbers

A government refusal to introduce controls on the number of pharmacy students in the UK has been met with disappointment by pharmacy organisations.…

Reconsider student intake controls

HEFCE and HEE have announced that they will not be introducing a cap on pharmacy student numbers. Sultan Khan explains why he disagrees with this decision.…

Pharmacy student numbers will not be controlled

Pharmacy student numbers will not be capped, says Health Education England in the long-awaited response to a consultation on pharmacy education and training reforms. …

Where professional advancement and professionalism align

New opportunities for professional advancement continue to be made available to pharmacists but when it comes to professionalism, individuals must reflect on their own appetite for development.…

Delay for consultation on oversupply of pharmacists

Speaking at the RPS conference, Mike Hannay said the delay in the second round of the consultation means no solution will be implemented in the foreseeable future.…