Pharmacists to improve provision of palliative care medicines under proposed five-year strategy The Scottish government has set out plans to provide better access to high-quality palliative care by 2030, as well as the provision of clear medicines information for patients and their families.…
Community pharmacies to receive increase in funding worth £13.2m for 2024/2025 Community Pharmacy Scotland has accepted a £13.2m uplift in the country's community pharmacy remuneration global sum, bringing the total to £232.7m for 2024/2025.…
Pharmacy teams identify patients with ‘red-flag’ cancer symptoms in early diagnosis project Exclusive: Of those identified, 17 people presenting with red-flag symptoms received a formal consultation with a pharmacist during the six-month project.…
UK’s first safe drug consumption room expected to open in October 2024 The safe drug consumption facility will allow people to use illegal drugs in a sterile environment at Hunter Street Health and Social Care Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.…
Pharmacy bodies say payment system has left Scottish pharmacies in ‘financial chaos’ Payment shortfalls and delays have followed the introduction of the new data capture validation and pricing process, pharmacy bodies have claimed.…
State of pharmacy: what’s in store for the profession under Labour? Labour’s plans for pharmacy have only been roughly sketched out, but the party’s track record — alongside demands from the sector — can provide some insight into how the planned NHS reform may affect pharmacy.…
Pharmacy bodies call on new health secretary to boost funding for sector The joint letter to Wes Streeting called for sufficient funding, holistic workforce planning and improved medicines security to help address the challenges faced by the NHS.…
NHS Education for Scotland creates three roles to boost advanced pharmacist practitioners The programme leads will be tasked with helping health boards plan and implement advanced practice pilots, while working to increase the number of designated prescribing practitioners across community pharmacy.…
NHS staff offered 7.5% average pay rise in Scotland The Scottish government's third pay offer since June 2022 will be put to members of the union Unite in a "consultative ballot".…
Oral HRT accepted for use across Scotland while availability remains limited in England Bijuve has been been approved for use across Scotland, but it is only available in some local formularies in England, owing to backlogs caused by COVID-19.…
