First two antimicrobial drugs funded by NHS subscription payment scheme to be given to patients The NHS England payment scheme is aimed to incentivise antimicrobial drug innovation.…
Pharmacies should be able to directly refer to mental health services, says report The 'Next steps for integrating primary care' report states that there is "scope for efficiencies in pharmacies being able to refer onward directly".…
Nearly a third of trusts meet NHS targets for discharge medicines service ahead of schedule Speaking at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress, Wasim Baqir, senior NHS England pharmacist, said that up to 42,000 30-day readmissions could be avoided if every NHS trust hit the 1.5% referral target.…
NHS England appoints first clinical director for prescribing Tony Avery, professor of primary healthcare at the University of Nottingham, and his team developed the PINCER project to tackle hazardous prescribing.…
Online pharmacy dispensing quadruples in five years, NHS data show According to data from the NHS Business Services Authority, distance-selling pharmacies dispensed 52,930,116 items in 2021, up 301% from the 13,190,131 items dispensed in 2016.…
NHS yet to introduce plans for zero emission ambulances despite COP26 pledge Exclusive: The only fully electric ambulance has been used by the West Midlands Ambulance Service since October 2020.…
Millions of patients with rare diseases to benefit from faster treatment access NHS England and NHS Improvement have committed to several actions to support faster access to medicines for people with rare diseases and conditions.…
A glimpse of pharmacy’s snowy white peaks Nearly a decade after Roger Kline’s damning verdict on diversity across London NHS trusts, recent data obtained and analysed by The Pharmaceutical Journal highlight a lack of diversity across management pharmacist posts in Great Britain.…
Pharmacies prevented from signing up for minor ailments service over AMR concerns NHS England has paused sign-ups for the extended care service in the Midlands while it carries out a review of community pharmacy services where antibiotics are supplied without a prescription.…
NHS COVID-19 recovery plan makes no mention of pharmacy The plan sets out targets to reduce waiting times for elective care and diagnostic testing.…
