Independent prescribing

NHS launches clinical examination skill training for 10,000 community pharmacists

The clinical examination and consulting skills training is aimed to complement independent prescriber training.…

New mentor role introduced to help train independent pharmacist prescribers in Scotland

A pilot scheme across three health board areas will see the creation of a new designated prescribing supervisor role.…

Health Education England to fund extra 3,000 places on pharmacist prescribing training courses

Applications are open to pharmacists in all sectors and should be made directly to the institution holding the course.…

Pharmacist prescribers can reduce sedative use in care homes, study demonstrates

Researchers found that pharmacist independent prescribers were able to improve outcomes for care home residents through "effective deprescribing" of anticholinergic and sedative drugs.…

The ‘Care homes independent prescriber study’: lessons learned for practitioners and researchers

A summary of the learnings from CHIPPS, a study in which pharmacist independent prescribers were placed into care homes to improve medicines management.…

Pharmacies report three-fold increase in patients seeking emergency medicine 

A Welsh health board has reported a 345% increase in the number of people seeking emergency medicine in December 2022, compared with the same month in 2021.…

Local NHS leaders invited to bid for additional funding to run pharmacist prescribing pilots

Exclusive: Additional funding will be available through the Pharmacy Integration Fund to support the pilots, said NHS England.…

Three-quarters of public support pharmacists prescribing their medication, survey results show

Of more than 2,000 respondents to a survey inviting people to give their views on community pharmacy, 77% said they were highly confident in pharmacists prescribing medication.…

University of Leicester launches first distance-learning independent prescriber course

The university aims to train 250 pharmacists each year through its distance-learning course, which it says was developed following “employer demand”.…

PJ view: All pharmacists should have the opportunity to become a prescriber

Despite increased opportunities for pharmacists to train as independent prescribers, there are still barriers for some. Employers and policymakers must do all they can to support pharmacists to ensure they are able to undertake this training.…