Introducing The Pharmaceutical Journal’s prescribing dilemmas series A new collection of real-world prescribing scenarios that explore grey areas and challenging decisions.…
Number of dispensed HRT prescription items increased by a fifth in 2023/2024 NHS Business Services Authority data also show an increase in the number of patients prescribed HRT in England, from 2.3 million in 2022/2023 to 2.6 million in 2023/2024.…
Foundation year training sites must submit supervisor details by June 2025, NHS England confirms Training sites will be required to provide certain details to trigger entry to the e-portfolio system, which will be used to track and sign off on training.…
Prescribing nature to boost mental health This episode of The PJ Pod looks at the evidence for green social prescribing and how pharmacists can help their patients to connect with nature.…
Pathfinder sites report 28-minute consultation times, finds NHS England analysis Figures show that more than 1,000 consultations have been completed under the independent prescribing programme, with almost one third resulting in a prescription.…
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”.…
Online pharmacy activity linked to 40 open fitness-to-practise cases, says GPhC Presenting at The Pharmacy Show on 13 October 2023, Roz Gittins revealed that 68% of online pharmacies were found to meet all regulatory standards at inspection, 17 percentage points lower than for registered pharmacies overall.…
Five months of Pharmacy First: an access lottery for patients Analysis of claims data for the Pharmacy First service in England reveals regional variations in the volume of consultations conducted during the first five months of implementation.…
Patient safety improvement and medicines waste targeted by repeat prescribing toolkit The Royal Pharmaceutical Society says the new resource is the first national good practice guidance on repeat prescribing published in 20 years.…
Number of independent prescribers rose by 37% in 2023, reveals NHS workforce survey Responses to the annual survey recorded 1,494 full-time equivalent independent prescriber roles, up 37% on the 1,087 recorded the year before.…
