Scotland

New Scottish health secretary appointed

Michael Matheson moves from his role as net zero, energy and transport cabinet secretary.…

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.…

Almost half of pharmacists have experienced abuse in the past six months, finds RPS survey  

Data from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's workforce wellbeing survey have revealed 44% of pharmacists have experienced physical or verbal abuse in the past six months.…

Pharmacies should collect workforce disability data, concludes Scottish pharmacy roundtable

Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from across Scotland met to discuss how to better enable people with disabilities to work in pharmacy.…

NHS staff offered 7.5% average pay rise in Scotland

The Scottish government's third pay offer since June 2022 will be put to members of the union Unite in a "consultative ballot".…

Scottish health minister backs protected learning time for pharmacists

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland has said it will write to Humza Yousaf to ask for a meeting on how the protected learning time could be achieved.…

Oral HRT accepted for use across Scotland while availability remains limited in England

Bijuve has been been approved for use across Scotland, but it is only available in some local formularies in England, owing to backlogs caused by COVID-19.…

Cannabis-based Sativex approved for NHS use in Scotland 

The Scottish Medicines Consortium's decision to approve Sativex brings it in line with the rest of the UK.…

How we implemented a successful pharmacotherapy service across Scotland

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has also introduced pharmacist support workers and is offering training places and early years posts for the first time.…

NHS Scotland announces plan to switch patients to greener inhalers

A strategy document, published by NHS Scotland, says that improvements in the way asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are managed could help reduce metered dose inhaler use.…