Preceptorship: the key to unlocking advanced pharmacist practice By implementing preceptorship programmes across pharmacy teams, leaders have an opportunity to guide workforce development by evidence and strategy, rather than chance or goodwill.…
Patient safety commissioner to approach PM over ‘disappointing’ delay to valproate compensation Henrietta Hughes said that nearly two years after publishing ‘The Hughes report’, patients harmed by valproate use are still waiting for a decision on financial redress.…
Tobacco companies should fund national community pharmacy ‘stop smoking’ service, says report Recommendations by AstraZeneca in partnership with several pharmacy bodies have also called for the ‘NHS health check’ to be offered in community pharmacies.…
PJ view: Access to rare disease treatment should not be a rarity Policymakers and healthcare leaders must persevere with long overdue changes to improve access to treatments for rare diseases.…
Managing the shift to prescribing at registration for pharmacists Prescribing from registration offers pharmacy and the wider healthcare sector a great opportunity, but this reform must be managed and supported properly.…
Pharmacy bodies express anger over exclusion from business rates relief Community pharmacy representatives disappointed that pharmacies were not included in government decision to cut business rates for pubs and live music venues.…
Community pharmacy in focus: research insights on improving patient care The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s former deputy chief scientist and Community Pharmacy England’s director of research reflect on recently published research studies in and through community pharmacy.…
Community pharmacies face ‘economic peril’, CPE warns government In an “uncompromising” letter, Community Pharmacy England said negotiations for the next pharmacy contract must close the funding gap for the sector.…
Concerns raised that pharmacists in Scotland may not be able to opt out of assisted dying process Scottish shadow health secretary Sandesh Gulhane has expressed concerns that protections for Scottish pharmacists could be weakened without an opt-out model for the Assisted Dying (Terminally Ill Adults) Bill.…
UKPPLAB to publish proposals for ‘effective’ pharmacy leadership The UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board said the RPS’s transition to becoming a royal college would offer a chance to “prioritise excellence and ambition in education, innovation and research”.…
