Why I have changed my approach to see the patient, not the disease Komal Vadday, senior specialist pharmacist in hepatology, highlights the importance of treating each patient as an individual and not defining them by their diagnosis.…
Government advisory body on controlled drugs reviewing safety of liquid morphine Exclusive: Following the receipt of two regulation 28 notices, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs' technical committee is reviewing information on serious patient safety incidents involving morphine oral solutions.…
Repeat prescribing intervals in Wales to increase from 28 to 56 days The interval will be changed for most patients from April 2022.…
Community pharmacy access to shared patient records ‘not prioritised’ Exclusive: The local health and care record programme will offer priority to GPs and trusts for access to shared care records.…
RPS supports permanent move to remote fitness-to-practise hearings The Society said that the increased likelihood of registrants attending remote hearings meant they had the potential to improve patient safety.…
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.…
Six-fold increase in registration applications from overseas pharmacists Exclusive: Data from the General Pharmaceutical Council show that there were 353 applications for the Overseas Pharmacists Assessment Programme between 4 March 2021 and 17 October 2021.…
Pharmacist involvement in GP trainee assessments improves prescribing safety, study results show An NHS Education for Scotland scheme demonstrated that pharmacists improved the prescribing skills of trainee GPs.…
NHS to fund nearly 330 independent prescriber training places for community pharmacists The training places are open to pharmacists working in England in community pharmacy, health and justice, or primary care settings and will start before March 2022.…
Going private: funding freeze forces pharmacies to expand paid-for services Community pharmacists are building their own private clinical services to relieve pressure on the NHS — and bring in more money — while they wait for the government to put high-level plans into action.…
