NHS Tayside pharmacists felt ‘professionally vulnerable’ drug dosing concerns were ignored Pharmacists at NHS Tayside said they felt “professionally vulnerable” after changes to breast cancer drug dosing were introduced by a consultant breast cancer oncology team, a report by Health Improvement Scotland has found.…
Scottish HPV vaccine programme dramatically reduced cervical disease, study shows Routine vaccination of girls aged 12–13 years with the bivalent human papillomavirus vaccine in Scotland has resulted in a dramatic reduction in pre-invasive cervical disease, research published in The BMJ has shown.…
Community pharmacy delivers more than 70,000 more flu vaccines during 2018/2019 season Community pharmacies in England delivered more than 70,000 more flu vaccinations during the 2018/2019 flu season compared to 2017/2018, according to provisional figures published by the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…
NHS 111 pharmacists in Wales close 80% of calls with no onward referral Around eight in ten calls to NHS 111 in Wales that are picked up by pharmacists are closed without the need for onward referral, the programme’s national lead has said.…
Community Pharmacy Scotland to work with urban regeneration initiative on digital health Community Pharmacy Scotland has signed up to work with an urban regeneration initiative in the west of Scotland to develop digital tools for the community pharmacy sector.…
Scottish health board to see 16% hike in acute drugs cost over the next year NHS Lanarkshire’s acute drugs cost is set to increase by 16% in 2019/2020, the health board’s chief executive, Calum Campbell, has said.…
Hospital pharmacy medicine recycling project saves health board £250,000 in six months A health board in Wales has saved £249,000 over six months by recycling unused medicines across four hospital trusts in the area.…
Scottish government ‘scoping’ changes to community pharmacy contract The community pharmacy contract in Scotland has “come to the end of its useful life”, with changes to health service legislation a possibility, the chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland has said.…
Support Jersey’s GPs to prescribe medical cannabis, deputy says The Jersey government should support doctors on the island to prescribe medical cannabis, a member of the States Assembly of Jersey has said.…
Pharmacists should be more involved in managing prescription-only medicine dependency, Welsh Assembly says NHS Wales should make better use of pharmacists’ expertise in supporting patients who become dependent on prescription medicines, a committee that advises the Welsh Assembly has said.…