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Scottish community pharmacy sees first ever three-year funding settlement agreed Subscription
The first ever three-year funding settlement for Scottish community pharmacy will see an increase of almost £5m for the sector over the 2020/2021 financial year.
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RPS calls for sweet e-cigarette flavourings to be banned Subscription
Sweet flavouring agents in e-cigarettes and vaping products “should be banned to minimise the appeal to young people”, an updated policy on e-cigarettes published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has said.
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Transitional payments for pharmacies to increase but then end in 2021 Subscription
Transitional payments for pharmacies will increase early in the 2020/2021 financial year, but then be phased out, with no transition payments at all expected from 2021/2022, pharmacy negotiators have said.
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Scottish five-year pharmacy degree will not begin in 2020, government confirms Subscription
The five-year integrated pharmacy training will not start in Scotland in September 2020, the Scottish government has confirmed.
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Social prescribing staff numbers double in one year Subscription
The number of social prescribing staff being employed across clinical commissioning group areas has doubled over the past year, a Freedom of Information request by The Pharmaceutical Journal has revealed.
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Government announces digital hospital-to-pharmacy referral service to cut hospital readmissions Subscription
Hospitals will be able to digitally refer recently discharged patients to community pharmacies across England for advice on new and updated prescriptions from July 2020.
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Funding needed for community pharmacists to tackle patients' smoking and drinking, say pharmacy bodies Subscription
Community pharmacists need adequate funding and resources if they’re to discuss patients’ drinking, smoking and wellbeing, pharmacy organisations have said in response to a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence consultation.
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Community pharmacies get four referrals per day from GPs in 'game changer' pilot Subscription
GPs are sending up to four patients per day to community pharmacies in the south west of England as part of a national referral pilot, a National Pharmacy Association lead has said.
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Pharmacists could be able to prescribe 'low-risk' drugs under new legislation Subscription
Pharmacists could be given new powers to prescribe medicines in low-risk situations as part of new legislation being put forward by the government.
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Pharmacy reopens after deep clean amid coronavirus concerns at medical centre
A LloydsPharmacy branch has reopened after undergoing a deep clean following a confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the building.
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