Spotlight: Deprescribing research In this episode of The PJ Pod, we focus on deprescribing research in community pharmacy.…
RPS publishes standards for pharmacists working for ‘hospital at home’ scheme The eight standards have been created to set out what constitutes ‘good’ in terms of working practices, as well as audit and benchmark pharmacy services across eight core areas.…
NHS England says community pharmacists will be able to access GP records from January 2024 Access to medication, clinical investigation and observation information through GP Connect could be available to community pharmacies in early 2024.…
Asian and black pharmacists overrepresented in fitness-to-practise concerns, GPhC finds The General Pharmaceutical Council has analysed data on fitness-to-practise concerns and found that all ethnicities other than white pharmacists were overrepresented.…
A prescribing service for England’s pharmacies: everything you need to know After months of discussions, an NHS prescribing service for community pharmacies in England may finally be in sight for a select few ‘pathfinders’. Here is what we know so far about the long-awaited programme.…
Exploring the safe and effective tapering solutions in the NHSThere has been a growing consensus that the safest approach to discontinuing psychiatric medicines is through a gradual and hyperbolic tapering process. This concept is thoroughly explained in the informative article authored by Mark Horowitz and David Taylor entitled 'Case-based learning: safe with…
How the RPS has supported the advancement of pharmacist prescribing Laura Wilson, director for Scotland at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, recounts how the Society lobbied for wider use of pharmacist independent prescribers.…
Community pharmacy independent prescribing sites expected to be established by November 2023 Exclusive: NHS England said integrated care boards are currently working towards establishing pathfinder sites and governance arrangements for the Independent Prescribing Pathfinder Programme.…
Roadmap to provide PrEP via community pharmacies will be ready by ‘end of the year’, government says Health minister Neil O’Brien said the government’s HIV action plan implementation steering group was currently “working to develop a PrEP roadmap”.…
Factors influencing effective communication when prescribing Understanding the factors that impact communication is critical for the delivery of person-centred prescribing. This article explores how to identify these factors and develop an optimised communication strategy for each patient.…
