Wales

Wales’ principles to support people to take their medicines in their homes

The All Wales Heads of Adults’ Services (AWASH) Group and NHS Wales, in collaboration with their partner organisations, have launched a set of high-level principles to encourage better medicines support for people who are receiving care at home. The principles, developed by a multidiscip…

Pharmacist jailed after submitting more than 1,500 false payment claims to the NHS

The co-director of a small pharmacy chain in Wales has been sentenced to 16 months’ imprisonment after submitting more than £76,000 worth of false payment claims to the NHS.…

Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 10 September 2019

At the latest Royal Pharmaceutical Society Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting, discussions revolved around plans for the future of pharmacy in Wales and the launch of Pharmacy Learning Complete.…

Welsh government proposes introducing pharmaceutical needs assessments from April 2020

Health boards in Wales may be required to conduct pharmaceutical needs assessments from 1 April 2020.…

Pharmacy sore throat test-and-treat service prescribes antibiotics in only a fifth of cases

More than 3,000 patients in Wales have received community-pharmacy based consultations for sore throat since a pilot ‘test and treat’ service began in November 2018, Vaughan Gething, Welsh minister for health and social services, has said.…

Use of multicompartment compliance aids in the community is ‘excessive’, says NHS Wales

The use of multicompartment compliance aids in the community is “excessive” and an “ingrained area of practice” that needs to be challenged, guidance from NHS Wales is expected to warn. …

Drug-related deaths in England and Wales reach record levels, says ONS

The number of drug-related deaths in England and Wales has reached a record high, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.…

Evaluating the first NHS-funded sore throat test and treat service in the UK

In Wales, people with a sore throat may be offered advice and symptomatic treatment free of charge in community pharmacies through the common ailment service (CAS). However, antibiotics cannot be supplied and this can limit patients’ perceived value of the service. As a result, some patients c…

Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 12 June 2019

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting included the election of a new chair and vice chair, updates on several consultation responses and the e-cigarette policy, while guest speakers talked about advanced therapies.…

No new cases of HIV among people in Wales taking PrEP

None of the more than 1,000 people in Wales who have received pre-exposure prophylaxis since it became routinely available have developed HIV while receiving the drugs.…