NHS England

Five important features of the new community pharmacy contract

A summary of the main points of the new contract that community pharmacists in England need to know about before October 2019.…

Switching to ‘best-value’ generics and biosimilars saved the NHS £294m in 2018/2019, figures show

The uptake of ‘best-value’ medicines, such as generics and biosimilars, saved the NHS £294m in 2018/2019, according to figures released by NHS England.…

Community pharmacies to pilot CVD ‘early detection service’

Community pharmacists will begin developing testing a service to rapidly detect cardiovascular conditions, NHS England has announced. …

Pharmacists offering new consultation service will have to provide their own IT systems after April 2021

Pharmacists will have to source their own IT system after April 2021 if they want to continue providing the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service, NHS England has said.…

NHS England to fund ‘life-changing’ haemophilia drug

NHS England is to fund a treatment for severe haemophilia that will “dramatically” cut risk of life-treatening bleeds for thousands of patients.…

NHS guidance on progressive neurological conditions calls for more input from specialist pharmacists

Including specialist pharmacists in multidisciplinary care teams for patients with Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis could help to avoid up to 2,500 emergency admissions to hospital each year, according to NHS England.…

The evolution of NHS 111

First piloted in 2011, the NHS 111 service is constantly evolving and pharmacists are being increasingly recognised for the role they can have within it. Although models across England, Scotland and Wales share the same general objectives, they have developed separately, resulting in different versi…

Audit of antibiotics supplied by pharmacy urgent medicine scheme to be carried out by NHS England

NHS England plans to audit antibiotics supplied by pharmacists under the NHS Urgent Medicine Supply Advanced Service, at the request of Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for England.…

Keith Ridge: ‘This is the most fantastic time for pharmacy ever’

England’s chief pharmaceutical officer speaks about being in the driving seat during one of the most crucial times for pharmacy.…

PCN pharmacists to have role in diagnostics by 2021/2022, says Keith Ridge

Pharmacists will “undoubtedly contribute” to cardiovascular disease prevention and diagnosis as part of primary care networks by 2021/2022, England’s chief pharmaceutical officer, Keith Ridge, has said.…