Boots to offer training bursaries for 500 pharmacists to become independent prescribers The bursaries form part of the multiple's plan to have a pharmacist independent prescriber in each of its stores.…
Educational supervision, assessment and feedback for pharmacists An outline of educational supervisor roles and the skills needed for effective supervision.…
Always say ‘sorry’ when things go wrong, advises pharmacy regulator New guidance advises that candour is a fundamental part of pharmacy professional practice.…
Help wanted: mentor shortage for potential prescribers As the drive to train many more independent prescribing pharmacists continues, there is an urgent need to increase the number of designated prescribing practitioners to supervise those undertaking a course.…
MPharm students to have bigger role in medicines supply during clinical placements Exclusive: To attract the education and training tariff, placements "must be meaningful clinical" and not "workplace shadowing", Health Education England has said.…
Register of pregnant patients taking acne drug isotretinoin under consideration by NHS Digital NHS Digital clinical lead Paul Brown told delegates at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress that other high-risk medicines are also being considered.…
No pharmacists apply for fully funded place on genomic medicine course Exclusive: There have been no applications for funded places on the genomic medicine postgraduate course at Swansea University since the funding was allocated in 2019.…
Funded independent prescriber training for 3,000 pharmacists to begin later in 2022 Education providers have been invited to bid for contracts worth up to £13m in total to provide independent prescribing courses between 1 September 2022 and 31 March 2023.…
Health Education England to offer ‘coaching sessions’ to trainee pharmacists Health Education England will extend coaching from trainee doctors to include trainee pharmacists in the east of England.…
Pharmacy students will have consistent funding for clinical placements for the first time Any undergraduate placement taking place during the MPharm degree will be eligible for the £5,000 tariff funding.…