NHS England

Pharmacy is the place to target hard-to-reach patients for seasonal flu vaccination

Success of reaching patients in first national plan will require pharmacy teams to explain the benefits of vaccination.…

Nurse practitioners in pharmacies: a potential solution to the NHS crisis

A pharmacy walk-in service run by nurse practitioners in the United States could be adopted in the UK to ease the burden on the overstretched NHS.…

The incentive is now there for GPs to employ clinical pharmacists

GP surgeries in England must work together to bid for new funding that would enable clinical pharmacists to join their teams.…

Giving pharmacists access to summary care records will improve patient care

Pharmacists must seize the opportunity offered by read-only access to summary care records and prove that full access to GP patient notes is the logical next step.…

NHS England launches £15m pilot to employ pharmacists in GP practices

GP practices in England will employ around 300 pharmacists to provide clinical care in a £15m pilot, NHS England has announced.…

NHS England announces ‘huge investment’ for new hepatitis C treatments

The NHS in England has agreed to increase the budget available to fund new treatments for chronic hepatitis C to £190m, a rise from the budget of approximately £40m made available in 2014.…

GPs call for legislation to end patent protection for specific drugs

While patent protection is important for stimulating drug development, a second medical use patent for pregabalin has caused “considerable” work for pharmacies.…

Setting up a pharmacy on GP premises: the law

Pharmacy owners may have considered locating their businesses on GP premises to increase their dispensing volume. However, they need to ensure they are acting within the law.…

New government must keep its word on the NHS

The new UK government’s ambitions for a seven-day NHS will need more than a cash injection and unprecedented efficiency savings.…

Pharmacy organisations call for money and manpower to support seven-day services

Pharmacy organisations are backing David Cameron’s vision for a full seven-days-a-week service for the NHS in England but only if the move is underpinned by money and manpower.…