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New mentor role introduced to help train independent pharmacist prescribers in Scotland

A pilot scheme across three health board areas will see the creation of a new designated prescribing supervisor role.…

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.…

MPs urge health secretary to fund a ‘Pharmacy First’ service to ease wider NHS pressures

In letters to health secretary Steve Barclay, MPs and members of the House of Lords called for urgent funding to stabilise the community pharmacy sector and a “fair and fit for purpose funding model”.…

Pharmacists on high-risk clinical wards reduce prescribing errors, evidence review finds

Researchers used data from 19 studies to identify the most common factors that increase the chance of prescribing errors.…

Health Education England to fund extra 3,000 places on pharmacist prescribing training courses

Applications are open to pharmacists in all sectors and should be made directly to the institution holding the course.…

Antibiotic resistance: is it time to get serious about point-of-care testing?

There is solid evidence from other countries that point-of-care testing before prescribing antibiotics for respiratory tract and other infections helps to combat antimicrobial resistance, but experts say the UK is far behind.…

LloydsPharmacy’s withdrawal from Sainsbury’s may put 400 pharmacist jobs at risk, says union

Exclusive: The Pharmacists' Defence Association, which represents pharmacists at the multiple, has said "the vast majority will probably get made redundant".…

Pharmacists should be able to refer patients directly to secondary care for skin conditions, says APPG chair

Exclusive: Taiwo Owatemi, chair of the All-Party Pharmacy Group, has said pharmacists could "easily" help with dermatology referrals.…

Integrated care system to trial cross-sector training for entry-level pharmacists

The 'Start, Training, Advantage and Rotation' (STAR) initiative will offer 20 places to fledgling pharmacists, with rotation across both general practice and community pharmacy settings.…