NHS England

NHS to spend up to £28.6m on campaign directing patients to community pharmacy for minor ailments

The 'Help us, help you' campaign is aimed to support the priorities set out in the 'NHS long-term plan' to reduce pressure on other NHS services.…

Antibiotic prescribing target hit one year early in England

The 'English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance' report showed that total antibiotic consumption in England declined by 15.1% between 2017 and 2021.…

New RPS standards recommend that community pharmacies should ‘proactively manage’ palliative care medicines

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and charity Marie Curie propose the development of multidisciplinary team working, so that pharmacy teams are aware of patients' support needs.…

More than three quarters of urgent care referrals completed within community pharmacy, says NHS England

Speaking at The Pharmacy Show, Rob Proctor, senior policy and pharmacy integration lead at NHS England, said community pharmacies completed 77% of referrals from urgent and emergency care within the pharmacy as part of a pilot scheme.…

Stop recruiting GP pharmacists, community pharmacy negotiator tells minister

Speaking at The Pharmacy Show on 16 October 2022, Janet Morrison said the government should look at workforce planning across primary care.…

Community pharmacies incentivised to refer frequent users of reliever inhalers to general practice

The new referral incentive will be part of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme for 2022/2023.…

NHS education body funds research into curbing pharmacy technician ‘attrition’

Two large-scale surveys of registered pharmacy technicians aim to understand the workforce and look at career commitment and job satisfaction.…

Extra cost of drug concessions reaches highest level for more than two years

Researchers have estimated price concessions may have cost NHS England more than £26m in August 2022, topping their previous peak in April 2020.…

Social prescribing pilot costing £12.7m aims to cut medication use through walking and cycling

The funding will go towards schemes such as cycling and walking groups, cycle training and free bike loans.…

Pharmacist independent prescribing pilots will begin across England from 2023

Exclusive: New 'pathfinder' sites will launch in every region of England from the beginning of 2023.…