More than a third of NHS trusts have no ethnic minority pharmacists at senior levels Exclusive: Of 87 NHS trusts and health boards across Great Britain that provided latest data, 34.5% do not employ pharmacists from ethnic minority backgrounds at NHS 'Agenda for change' band 8b or above.…
Case-based learning: psoriasis management in community pharmacy How pharmacy teams should respond to a patient requesting advice and further information when presenting at the pharmacy with a new prescription for the treatment of plaque psoriasis.…
How to use clinical reasoning in pharmacy How pharmacists can develop and incorporate clinical reasoning processes in practice, using a case example to highlight the approach.…
RPS calls for review of fitness standards for pharmacy students with disabilities The Higher Education Occupational Practitioners' 'Standards of medical fitness to train' were most recently updated in 2013.…
Test yourself: the 2021 CPD and learning quiz Test your knowledge on a range of subjects in our 2021 CPD and learning quiz, with questions on topics ranging from dermatology and paediatric pain relief to prescribing errors.…
More than 60 pharmacies in Wales could provide independent prescribing services under health board plans Exclusive: Welsh health boards have told The Pharmaceutical Journal that they are planning to commission 40 additional pharmacies during winter 2021 and into 2022 to provide independent prescribing services.…
Approaching difficult situations: how to have challenging conversations A guide, including example audio dialogue, on how to deal with challenging conversations that can arise in pharmacy practice.…
Scottish government funds 130 post-registration training places from October 2021 The training will include an independent prescriber course for early-years pharmacists.…
Pharmacists advised to use social media ‘responsibly’ in updated good practice guidance New guidance in the 44th edition of Medicines, Ethics and Practice focuses on managing the crossover between personal and professional life.…
Pharmacy employers meet to restart talks on pharmacist apprenticeship proposals Discussions had been put on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
