Scottish community pharmacies trialling oral contraception initiation service The service offers a variety of oral contraception that can be prescribed, including the progesterone-only pill or combined oral contraception.…
Pharmacy owners vote to reduce services in protest against funding levels In a ballot of National Pharmacy Association members, 98% of those representing pharmacies in England expressed a willingness to close outside the minimum hours required by their contract.…
Chair of UK COVID-19 Inquiry commends pharmacists’ ‘superb work’ during the pandemic Baroness Heather Hallett’s remarks follow evidence from Nick Kaye, chair of the National Pharmacy Association, who called for the inquiry to help reframe community pharmacy “as a genuine part of the NHS family and a key part of delivery in healthcare”.…
Pharmacist salaries increase by 12% in one year, show ONS data ONS data show that in 2024, the median full-time salary for male pharmacists was £53,498, compared with £47,503 for female pharmacists.…
Lack of joined-up working between pharmacy and general practice is ‘nonsensical’, says former BMA chair Speaking at a House of Commons event, Chaand Nagpaul called for pharmacy and GP contracts to be aligned “for certain pathways of care”.…
Free pharmacy advice saves 38 million GP appointments a year, CPE audit finds Just over half of patients given unfunded pharmacy consultations said they would otherwise have contacted their GP.…
PJ view: Community pharmacy is set up to fail when it comes to industrial action As community pharmacists consider whether to engage in advisory industrial action, it is inevitable that patient safety will be affected one way or another, which the government needs to address.…
RPS to survey members before responding to government consultation on NHS ten-year plan The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said it wants the government to place supporting patient access to community pharmacies at the heart of any increase in neighbourhood health services.…
Government to ‘accelerate’ roll-out of independent prescribing in pharmacies, says prime minister Speaking at prime minister’s questions, Sir Keir Starmer reiterated the importance of delivering care in “local communities to spot problems earlier”.…
NHS England launches community pharmacy technician apprenticeship programme The programme aims to support the community pharmacy workforce by addressing recruitment issues.…
