Scottish five-year pharmacy degree will not begin in 2020, government confirms The five-year integrated pharmacy training will not start in Scotland in September 2020, the Scottish government has confirmed.…
Pharmacy First service may ‘swamp’ pharmacies with work, RPS Scottish chair warns Pharmacists in Scotland could face being “swamped with work” under the expanded Pharmacy First scheme, which is due to launch in April 2020, the chair of the RPS Scottish Pharmacy Board has warned.…
Scotland should not limit prescribing of OTCs, RPS tells Scottish Parliament Jonathan Burton, chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Scottish Pharmacy Board, has told members of the Scottish Parliament that it would be “ridiculous” if decisions on which medicines NHS practitioners are allowed to prescribe were based on their availability over the count…
Community pharmacy paediatric palliative care pilot launched in Scotland A 12-month pilot of a community pharmacy-led palliative care service specifically targeted at children has launched in Scotland.…
Community pharmacy referral scheme is not a new concept The community pharmacist consultation service has been lauded since it was announced in July 2019, but it is similar to schemes that have been tried in recent years.…
Scottish government pledges 120 more preregistration places over three years The Scottish government has committed to creating 120 additional pharmacy preregistration training places over the next three years, as part of its health and social care workforce plan.…
Top ten most popular articles from Your RPS in 2019 There have been big changes across the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in 2019: it has been a year of new faces, new campaigns, new publications and, for the RPS in Scotland, a new home.…
Pharmacotherapy service will not be standard across Scotland The design of the GP-based pharmacotherapy service planned for Scotland; including whether it is provided mainly by pharmacists or technicians, is being left to local decisions, it has emerged.…
Scotland’s first heroin-assisted treatment service launched in Glasgow Scotland’s first heroin-assisted treatment service has launched in Glasgow city centre. However, a pharmacist involved in designing the service has said a drug consumption room is needed to run alongside it. …
SNP manifesto calls for devolution of the Misuse of Drugs Act The Scottish National Party’s 2019 general election manifesto calls for the devolution of the Misuse of Drugs Act, to allow Scotland to undertake “the full range of effective public health measures” to address drug addiction and prevent drug-related deaths.…
