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Digital dispensing device pilot helps participants remain in their own homes

Under the Welsh government-funded scheme, two automated medicine dispensing devices remind patients to take their medication and offer the correct dose at the right time.…

ICBs should fund protected time for community prescribers, urges report

Pharmacists who participated in an evaluation of community pharmacist prescribing reported increased job satisfaction when independent prescribing services were implemented in their workplace.…

RPS joins call for better collaboration in contraceptive commissioning

The Advisory Group on Contraception has called for integrated care boards and local authorities to be mandated to collaboratively commission women's health and contraception services.…

Initial lower threshold Pharmacy First payment was made to 1,500 pharmacies

Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock said that the new tier of monthly payments for Pharmacy First consultations supports pharmacies with “lower potential for delivery” and has enabled more pharmacies to qualify for the fixed payments.…

Welsh government confirms delays to pharmacy PrEP pilot

Exclusive: The Welsh government has told The Pharmaceutical Journal that operational issues have delayed the roll out of a community pharmacy pre-exposure prophylaxis pilot scheme.…

Interim chair of RPS Welsh Pharmacy Board elected

Liz Hallett will hold the role until March 2026, when inaugural elections are held for the three national pharmacy advisory councils of the new Royal College of Pharmacy.…

Health and climate manifesto launched by RPS and RCGP Scotland

The manifesto has made six calls upon the next Scottish government, including an urgent acceleration of the electronic prescribing programme.…

Medicine approval times in Europe to be cut by almost 15%

The Council of the European Union said that planned changes to European pharmaceutical legislation will also help streamline procedures to quicken supply chains.…

Scottish assisted dying amendment means pharmacists would be able to opt out

The amendment was put forward during a debate on stage two of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill by Brian Whittle MSP, following representations by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.…

Flu cases rise as data predict ‘record high’ number of urgent repeat prescription requests

Experts have urged eligible patients to take up their offer of a free flu vaccine as cases rise across Great Britain.…