Meeting May 2024 Pharmacy First payment thresholds is ‘an area of risk’, warns Community Pharmacy England The concerns are backed by the results of a survey of independent pharmacy owners carried out by the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies, which revealed 19% of respondents said the minimum monthly thresholds are "unachievable".…
Pharmacists certified 1.4% of ‘fit notes’ from GP practices, NHS data show In the same period, 91.3% of fit notes were certified by doctors, 6.7% by nurses, 0.6% by physiotherapists and 0.03% by occupational therapists.…
PJ view: Pharmacy technicians are vital in efforts to rescue pharmacists from their workload Pharmacy technicians are best placed to take on more responsibility to alleviate workforce pressures across all pharmacy sectors.…
Fall in uptake for funded mental health pharmacy training Exclusive: Half of the places on the University of Bradford's ‘Specialist mental health pharmacist training pathway’ for 2024/2025 have been filled.…
Improving the management of uncontrolled asthma for adults in England: where do pharmacists fit? An overview of asthma management over the past ten years, including the role pharmacists play in delivering better outcomes for adults with asthma.…
Pharmacy leaders ‘disappointed’ at cuts to free NHS mental health service NHS Practitioner Health, which provides support to NHS staff for mental health and addiction, will no longer offer services to secondary care staff.…
NHS England sets target for 320,000 Pharmacy First consultations per month by March 2025 The updated primary care delivery plan also sets goals for the expansion of the community pharmacy blood pressure testing and contraception services.…
‘Trailblazing’ community pharmacy hearing health service to be discontinued NHS South West London Integrated Care Board says it is unable to find the required funding to continue the ‘Hearing health pathway pilot’, despite treating more than 5,000 patients during the first year.…
Government and NHS England set up clinical reference group to deal with forthcoming shortage of Pabrinex A medicine supply notification advised NHS trusts to locate and consolidate their current Pabrinex stock, which is likely to be out of stock from August 2024 until September 2025.…
Hepatitis C ‘micro-eliminated’ at UK’s largest prison The test-and-treat programme is part of a plan from Welsh government to micro-eliminate hepatitis C in the community and in all Welsh prisons.…