Pharmacy sectors

Autism: identification, management and support

Healthcare professionals need a robust knowledge of autism and the challenges faced by autistic individuals and their carers to provide effective support. Pharmacists can ensure medicines are used appropriately and make reasonable adjustments to provide equitable access to services.…

Hospital pharmacists to vote on revised government pay offer ‘without recommendation’ from union

The revised pay offer for NHS staff includes a one-off payment amounting to 2% of an individual’s salary in 2022/2023, as well as an additional payment “worth at least £1,250 per person”.…

NHS launches clinical examination skill training for 10,000 community pharmacists

The clinical examination and consulting skills training is aimed to complement independent prescriber training.…

Boots to trial £20 type 2 diabetes screening service

If deemed suitable for screening, patients will undergo a finger prick blood test and receive diagnostic test results within seven minutes.…

Negotiator urges government to allow pharmacies to cut opening hours by a third to manage cost pressures

A statement from the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee sets out a range of regulatory easements to help pharmacies deal with financial and logistical pressures.…

Taiwo Owatemi: ‘Pharmacists should be able to refer patients straight to secondary care’

Labour MP and locum pharmacist Taiwo Owatemi shares her views on how to handle pressures on the NHS and why the government is dragging its feet with England’s ‘Pharmacy First’ scheme.…

NHS England to remove financial incentives for structured medication reviews in 2023/2024

Incentives to switch patients to environmentally friendly inhalers and to prescribe more patients with edoxaban will also be scrapped.…

Tackling pharmacy’s reliance on single-use plastic

A project that began in 2019 has resulted in annual savings of 300,000 pieces of single-use plastic across two large acute NHS trusts.…

Campaign to encourage pharmacy use ‘irresponsible and extremely unhelpful’, says negotiator

NHS England's 'Help Us Help You' campaign will use film themes to encourage people to visit community pharmacies for minor illnesses.…

National pharmacy board meeting: 8 February 2023

The English, Scottish and Welsh national pharmacy boards met for their first meeting of 2023 to discuss their individual and collective plans for the year ahead.…