Undergraduates may struggle to secure clinical placements owing to low payment tariff, says Pharmacy Schools Council The Pharmacy Schools Council said it was "concerned" that a higher payment tariff for employers hosting medical students will impact on pharmacy students' ability to secure placements.…
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.…
All pharmacists working in primary care in England can now self-refer to NHS Practitioner Health Previously, the free mental health and addiction service was only available to doctors, dentists and staff grade 8D or above in England.…
Hospital pharmacists in England and Wales to be balloted on industrial action Exclusive: Unite has confirmed that rolling ballots will close before Christmas, meaning workers could walk out in January 2023.…
Will pharmacists go on strike over pay? An overview of the pay-related industrial action rippling through the NHS and whether or not pharmacy will be the next sector to react.…
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.…
University of Leicester launches first distance-learning independent prescriber course The university aims to train 250 pharmacists each year through its distance-learning course, which it says was developed following “employer demand”.…
NHS education body to fund training for 210 specialist mental health pharmacists There will be 70 places available for specialist training for pharmacists on mental health in 2023.…
Drug-gene interaction testing may be about to go mainstream Ambitious plans for pre-emptive pharmacogenomic testing were put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, but NHS pilots next year could pave the way for major change.…
Missed opportunities: the patients falling through the cracks after discharge With more than a quarter of trusts in England yet to implement the NHS Discharge Medicines Service, high-risk patients could be missing out on lifesaving help from their community pharmacist.…
