Primary care

Record-breaking number of new GP trainees

More new trainee GPs have entered training this year than ever before, Health Education England has reported.…

Pharmacy minister confirms just £2m of Pharmacy Integration Fund spend

The pharmacy minster Steve Brine has told MPs that he can only confirm that £2m of the promised £42m of Pharmacy Integration Fund (PhiF) funding for 2016-18 has been spent.…

Supporting the supporter

With ever increasing stressors placed on the healthcare sector, it is important that pharmacy professionals are able to look after their own health and wellbeing. But who can pharmacy professionals turn to when they are the ones in need of support? …

H1N1 infection may increase risk of type 1 diabetes

Researchers from Norway used national registry data to explore if the H1N1 virus could be linked to the development of type 1 diabetes…

Tech pioneers: pharmacists in technology and software development

Technology enables better healthcare, so it comes as no surprise that many pharmacists are dedicating their careers to developing digital solutions to optimise patient health outcomes.…

Becoming a pharmacist in a GP practice: running clinics

Regina Ahmed has decided to try a career in the primary care sector. In the sixth of a series of blog posts, she describes the typical duties she performs when running a medication review clinics.…

Fewer than 3% of patients with type 3c diabetes are correctly diagnosed, study finds

The majority of cases of type 3c diabetes in England are being misdiagnosed by clinicians as type 2 diabetes, a large primary care study has found.…

How I balance clinical and managerial support as pharmacy manager for an NHS Treatment Centre

We pharmacists need to make ourselves indispensable. Although medicines are everyone’s business, we are the experts, says Cathy Cooke.…

Welsh primary care clusters need a ‘major step-change’, consultation report says

Primary care clusters in Wales must see a “major step-change” if they are to deliver the Welsh government’s ambitions for primary care, a new report from the Welsh Assembly’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee says.…

Civilian pharmacy roles in the Ministry of Defence

A large number of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are currently working in various capacities in the Defence Medical Services, safeguarding the health of our military personnel. SaÅ¡a Jankovic discovers what opportunities and challenges face pharmacy staff in the DMS.…