National pharmacy contracts

Advice, rules and regulations for setting up an internet pharmacy

There are 496 distance-selling pharmacy websites currently registered in the UK. What do pharmacists who want to set up their own online pharmacy need to know? …

RPS warns NHS England over withdrawal of funding for small pharmacies

RPS president says withdrawal of funding for Essential Small Pharmacies should be paused and the impact on local communities assessed.…

No-blame culture should be fostered in pharmacy

Even though the requirement to name a community pharmacy in patient safety reports has been postponed, the sector must do more to improve the reporting of dispensing errors.…

Dispensing: it’s time to let it go

If the aspirations of pharmacy fulfilling a clinical role integral to public healthcare is ever to be realised, community pharmacists must shift their focus away from dispensing and towards providing health services.…

Government advisory board members concerned about removal of anonymity for error reports

Community pharmacists in England may face an increased risk of prosecution for a dispensing error because of changes made to their national contract, according to some members of a government advisory board.…

MURs should target patients with cardiovascular disease from January 2015

Community pharmacists will be expected to offer medicines use reviews to patients with cardiovascular disease and those who are at risk from 1 January 2015, national negotiators have confirmed.…

New medicine service guaranteed a place in pharmacy, conference hears

The new medicine service is here to stay for the foreseeable future, according to the chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…