Pharmacists should have a formal role in managing drug recovery patients, Scottish MSPs told Community pharmacists should be given a formal role in managing patients in drug recovery programmes in Scotland who are “being parked” on methadone for years.…
Scottish pharmacotherapy service set to go ahead A pharmacotherapy service is to be developed in Scotland after the country’s first GP contract was strongly backed by family doctors.…
Fixing a minimum alcohol unit price in Scotland Rising alcohol-related health damage and evidence for a specific link to cheap alcohol led the Scottish Government to legislate a minimum price per unit of alcohol to reduce sales.…
Decision on creation of Scottish pharmacotherapy service due GP leaders in Scotland will announce on 18 January 2018 whether the profession accepts the new GP national contract which includes introducing a pharmacotherapy service in every surgery.…
Scottish pharmacies to highlight new countrywide stop-smoking brand A poster highlighting the new Scotland-wide smoking cessation brand Quit Your Way is due to go on display in every Scottish community pharmacy.…
Extra £1.3m for Scottish pharmacists in peak winter period Rose Marie Parr, Scotland’s chief pharmaceutical officer, wrote to Community Pharmacy Scotland to announce new payments…
RPS Scotland provides evidence to Scottish Parliament on diabetes prevention and drug-related deaths The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has provided evidence for two Scottish parliamentary sessions held this week…
RPS Scotland: government’s current policy on access to patient records is ‘entirely inadequate’ The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has expressed disappointment at the Scottish government’s “underwhelming response” to calls for community pharmacists to be given full access to GP records…
Pharmacists can help reduce GP non-attendance, Scottish pharmacists say Scottish patients should be encouraged to use community pharmacists more to reduce non-attendance at primary care appointments, Community Pharmacy Scotland has said…
Scottish Parliament to discuss prevention of type 2 diabetes A one-off evidence session on the prevention of type 2 diabetes, organised by the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee, will be held on 19 December 2017.…