Non-medical prescribing

Charting the course to advancing pharmacist prescribing

Attendees at a roundtable hosted by The Pharmaceutical Journal emphasised the need for robust training and support for newly qualified independent prescribers to ensure that individuals use their qualification.…

RPS Scotland collaborates on final version of ‘blue-green’ prescribing strategy

The strategy is aimed at reducing pharmaceutical pollution through prescribing nature-based health interventions and medications that are less environmentally harmful.…

NHS to train 1,000 educational supervisors for community pharmacy staff from September 2023

There will be 500 training places available for designated prescribing practitioners and another 500 for other educational supervision roles.…

Up to 210 community pharmacies will become independent prescribing pathfinder pilot sites

NHS England's new independent prescribing webpage says that scope for the pathfinder sites will be determined by integrated care boards, which will be urged to “fully utilise” the skills and capabilities of community pharmacists.…

The development of a tool to evaluate prescribers’ documentation in relation to the RPS competency framework

In 2016, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) published a competency framework for all prescribers, detailing expected standards for the patient consultation and for documentation of the consultation to support safe and competent prescribing​[1]​. Although documentation does not have its …

Every integrated care board to run at least one community pharmacy independent prescribing pilot

NHS England has published a tender for an independent evaluation of the community pharmacy independent prescribing pathway programme.…

University wins contract to pilot foundation year independent prescribing training and assessment

The University of Bradford will explore how independent prescribing training can be integrated into the pharmacy foundation year.…

Third of community pharmacies could offer independent prescribing service by 2024, say Scottish negotiators

Harry McQuillan, chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland, said he expects one in three pharmacies to be offering the NHS Pharmacy First Plus service by the end of 2024.…

Finding the path or losing the plot? The rocky road towards community pharmacy prescribing

This month, The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist evaluates NHS England’s primary care recovery plan and what it means for pharmacy prescribing.…

Laura Wilson: ‘We want to make sure pharmacy’s voice is heard’

The director for RPS Scotland shares how she came to be in her role and what the Society is focusing on for the rest of the year.…