Pharmacy technician

Everything you need to know about the debate over supervision

The supervision debate has been an ongoing point of contention for several years, but what exactly is the debate about and why is it so controversial?…

Pharmacy technicians told they can administer Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine under government protocol

Pharmacy technicians in England are able to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the Association of Pharmacy Technicians has said.…

Family of pharmacy technician approved for £60k COVID-19 death-in-service benefit

The family of a pharmacy technician who died from COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic has spoken of their relief after their application for a death-in-service benefit was approved.…

Government consults on allowing pharmacy technicians to administer COVID-19 and flu vaccines

Pharmacy technicians could become eligible to safely administer a COVID-19 or influenza vaccine under new government proposals.…

NHS England says PCNs can hire pharmacy technicians earlier than planned

Primary care networks in some clinical commissioning groups can hire pharmacy technicians six weeks earlier than expected, NHS England has said.…

Pharmacy technicians make fewer errors than doctors when transcribing discharge medicines, pilot finds

Pharmacy technicians transcribe discharge medicines with fewer errors than doctors doing the same task, analysis of a pilot scheme published in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy has shown.…

Training for accuracy checking now open to all pharmacy technicians

All pharmacy technicians are now able to access a fully funded training programme to become final accuracy checkers.…

Skill-mix more important for quality of community pharmacy services than staffing levels, study finds

Skill-mix in community pharmacy has a bigger influence on the quality of services a pharmacy provides than overall staffing numbers, a study has found.…

RPS to explore potential of early years pharmacy technicians

Work towards a UK-wide foundation pharmacy technician framework will be undertaken by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Work Psychology Group — a team of organisational psychology consultants.…

Pharmacy technicians may take on greater role in dispensing under government proposals

Pharmacy technicians could play a bigger role in the dispensing process in community pharmacy under forthcoming government proposals, the Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed.…