NHS England

NHS England updates guidance on prescribing between primary and secondary care

The contribution that prescribing pharmacists who work in general practice can make to boosting GP and patient understanding of medicines has been highlighted in guidance published by NHS England.…

Pharmacists invited to apply for clinical entrepreneur training programme

Pharmacists are now able to apply for the ’Clinical entrepreneur training programme’, a scheme managed jointly by NHS England and Health Education England to allow healthcare professionals to develop their entrepreneurial skills. Applications for the scheme are open to pharmacists …

Improving clinical outcomes and the patient experience with the Greater Manchester Cancer Vanguard

Pharmacists possess the analytical and organisational skills required for project and programme management, says James Clark.…

NHS England launches major campaign to promote the use of community pharmacy

NHS England has launched one of the biggest campaigns to encourage people to use pharmacies…

New flu vaccine guidance for 2018–2019 winter season

GPs and community pharmacists need to ensure that flu vaccine orders for next season are of the most effective vaccines for the population …

Integration fund to pay for pharmacist medicine optimisation posts in care homes

Announcement of 180 pharmacist and 60 pharmacy technician posts to improve medicines optimisation in care homes…

HPV vaccination programme announced for men who have sex with men

A national human papillomavirus vaccination programme for men who have sex with men aged 45 years or younger is being introduced in England from April…

Online programme recommended by NICE for adults with depression

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended an online and mobile programme for adults with mild to moderate depression to be trialled…

Urgent medicine pharmacy service prevents a quarter of patients from going without drugs

Just under one in four patients would have gone without their medicine if a pharmacist had not supplied it via the NHS Urgent Medicines Supply Advanced Service…

Homeopaths launch campaign to “save homeopathy on the NHS”

The British Homeopathic Association (BHA) has called for a judicial review of what it calls the “fundamentally flawed” process that will prevent homeopathy products being prescribed on the NHS.…