Taking the temperature of embedding environmental sustainability in pharmacy practice As part of a multidisciplinary leadership development programme, Sarah Cowans surveyed pharmacy colleagues on the barriers and enablers to implementing sustainable initiatives in practice.…
SNP pledges ‘framework’ for drug consumption rooms in manifesto As part of its manifesto for the UK general election, the Scottish National Party also said it would decriminalise drugs for personal use.…
Conservative Party pledges to expand Pharmacy First funding to £250m a year The Conservatives say they would expand the areas offered under Pharmacy First to include menopause support, contraception and treatment for chest infection.…
Liberal Democrats pledge ‘fairer long-term funding model’ for community pharmacies in general election manifesto In the first of the major political party manifestos to be published in advance of the general election, the Liberal Democrats also said they would aim to speed up access to new treatments.…
Architecture exhibit aims to start a discussion on the use of space in community pharmacies The field of health architecture looks at how working environments are designed, exploring what spaces mean to people and how they interact with them.…
MPs call for urgent overhaul of community pharmacy funding model A report by the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee said it had been told of annual shortfalls of “at least £67,000 per pharmacy in England” and up to “around £100,000” by pharmacy representative organisations.…
Andrea Leadsom: ‘Pharmacy First is such a big win’ The pharmacy minister tells The Pharmaceutical Journal about her view on mitigating medicine shortages and how online pharmacies can solve patient access issues where pharmacies have closed.…
Pharmacy under fire: managing medicines in war zones In this episode of The PJ Pod, we explore the challenges pharmacists face while working in conflict areas, such as Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan.…
How our trust reduced carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to driving almost 7,000 miles in a month Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reduced its medicines waste by moving patients’ medication with them and returning unused medication to the pharmacy in a timely manner.…
Politicians urged to review prescription charge system as fee rises to almost £10 per item The NHS prescription charge will increase from £9.65 to £9.90 per item from 1 May 2024.…
