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Government to consider offering pharmacists fast-track training to become doctors Subscription
Pharmacists could be able to retrain as doctors on a fast-tracked course following the UK’s exit from the EU, the government has confirmed.
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Pharmacy First service may 'swamp' pharmacies with work, RPS Scottish chair warns Subscription
Pharmacists in Scotland could face being “swamped with work” under the expanded Pharmacy First scheme, which is due to launch in April 2020, the chair of the RPS Scottish Pharmacy Board has warned.
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PCNs forced to recruit pharmacists with less experience owing to shortages, says NHS England director Subscription
Some primary care networks have been forced to hire pharmacists with less experience than they wanted because there are not enough working at a senior level, NHS England has confirmed.
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Pharmacies could struggle to earn full £75m of quality payments, says PSNC Subscription
It will be difficult for community pharmacies to receive the full £75m of funding available through the new pharmacy quality scheme, pharmacy negotiators have admitted.
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Medicine shortages took an extra hour per week of pharmacist time in 2019, survey finds Subscription
Pharmacists across the EU spent an extra hour each week dealing with medicines shortages in 2019, following an increase in the number of medicines shortages compared with 2018, a survey has found.
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NHS England could expand number of minor illnesses covered by pharmacist consultations Subscription
NHS England is considering expanding the number of minor illnesses covered by the community pharmacist consultation service, if it is successful, a senior NHS England official has said.
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Medicines reconciliation to be an essential service from 2020/2021, says NHS England Subscription
Medicines reconciliation could be made an essential service in 2020/2021, following negotiations over the community pharmacy contract, an NHS England official has revealed.
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More than 2,300 complaints to Ofcom following This Morning comments about pharmacists Subscription
The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has received more than 2,300 complaints following comments made about pharmacists on ITV’s This Morning.
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Pharmacists could be asked to advise patients on drinking and smoking under NICE proposals Subscription
Community pharmacists could be asked to strike up a conversation with patients about their general wellbeing, to encourage them to stop smoking, cut down on drinking and/or lose weight.
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Tens of thousands of severely frail older people miss out on vital medicines checks Subscription
At least four in ten older patients failed to receive an annual medicines use review at their GP surgery in 2019, potentially putting them at increased risk of falls or hospitalisation.
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