Practice

Pharmacy fees for the 2019-20 flu vaccination service have increased to £9.58 – an increase of 10p on 2011-19.

“Some participants criticised the lack of hands-on experience," a report on the pilot programme has noted.

The new, personalised service could involve more digital screening and fewer interactions with healthcare professionals.

Invatech Health's newly accredited Titan PMR is now available to pharmacies in England and Wales.

The Oral Health Foundation has launched a new strategy: Better oral health for all.

Nearly 2 million more NHS patients in England will have access to video consultations with a doctor.

Dispensing errors involving direct oral anticoagulants are highlighted in Medication Safety Officer’s report.

The prescribing of Controlled Drugs dropped by two per cent in 2018 compared to the previous year, though non-medic prescribing rose.

Birmingham pharmacist Satyan Kotecha is among the latest ‘clinical champions’ selected by Diabetes UK.

Anderson calls for decriminalisation of dispensing errors to be extended to hospital pharmacists. 

The PDA has received an increasing number of concerns from newly qualified pharmacists in GP practices.

Sign up for Know Your Numbers! Week which runs from September 9-15.  

Pharmacists in England can now access patient information more quickly through a new Summary Care Record (SCR) 1-click function.

The Care Quality Commission has published a report sharing the learning from risks and good practice in medicines optimisation.

LloydsPharmacy apologises for the “distress” experienced by a woman refused emergency hormonal contraception.

In a pilot scheme, doctors at Lansdowne Surgery and Fairwater Health Centre will be able to prescribe patients who they think will benefit from cycling

Pharmacy closures are associated with “persistent, clinically significant declines” in older patients’ adherence to heart medications, a recent study found

NHS England is to recruit 200 ‘clinical pharmacists’ and pharmacy technicians to an “army of experts” tasked with reducing unnecessary medication

Pharmacists having to check their own prescriptions continues to lead to patient safety incidents, the National Pharmacy Association has reported

Pharmaceutical care in care homes is a specialist area and should be resourced accordingly, says the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland in a report