NHS England

Hospital pharmacists to vote on revised government pay offer ‘without recommendation’ from union

The revised pay offer for NHS staff includes a one-off payment amounting to 2% of an individual’s salary in 2022/2023, as well as an additional payment “worth at least £1,250 per person”.…

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.…

NHS England to offer extra 25 placements in health and justice sites for trainee pharmacists

The additional placements mean there will be 26 trainee pharmacy placements at health at justice sites in 2024/2025.…

NHS England to remove financial incentives for structured medication reviews in 2023/2024

Incentives to switch patients to environmentally friendly inhalers and to prescribe more patients with edoxaban will also be scrapped.…

Campaign to encourage pharmacy use ‘irresponsible and extremely unhelpful’, says negotiator

NHS England's 'Help Us Help You' campaign will use film themes to encourage people to visit community pharmacies for minor illnesses.…

Half of pharmacists report increase in patients unable to afford prescription medicines, reveals survey

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society survey of 269 pharmacists in England also revealed an increasing number of people are not collecting their prescriptions.…

Nearly 1 billion e-prescriptions issued over past year

NHS England data show that the number of e-prescriptions issued in England has almost doubled in the past five years.…

NHS to accredit ‘greener pharmacy’ teams as it looks to develop sustainability guidance

The provider chosen to develop the guidance will also be tasked with creating a programme to accredit pharmacy teams on their sustainability status.…

NHS loses £16m in COVID-19 loans after ‘significant number’ of pharmacy closures

An urgent uplift to advance payments was meant to "support pharmacies with their cashflow pressures", but hundreds have closed.…

‘Resilience’ of community pharmacies to be assessed as NHS England tenders contract for economic review of sector

The review will also look at the impact on deprived communities if pharmacies close.…