Category list : Primary care
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Community management of pneumonia and suspected COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of understanding the differences between viral and bacterial pneumonia, and how adult patients can be managed as they recover at home.
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Do I have the skills to work for a primary care network? Subscription
With opportunities to work in primary care networks emerging in England, pharmacists can make the most of their knowledge and experience to succed in such a role.
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GPs' poor knowledge of absolute risk may have clinical implications, research suggests Subscription
GPs knowledge of the absolute benefits and harms of treatment for long-term conditions is poor, and likely to have an impact on clinical decision-making, research has shown.
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NHS England says PCNs can hire pharmacy technicians earlier than planned Subscription
Primary care networks in some clinical commissioning groups can hire pharmacy technicians six weeks earlier than expected, NHS England has said.
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Primary care networks to be fully reimbursed for pharmacists under updated GP contract Subscription
Pharmacists employed by primary care networks will have their salaries fully reimbursed as part of an updated GP contract agreement, published on 7 February 2019.
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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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Pharmacy sector criticises 'unrealistic' NHS England primary care proposals Subscription
Proposals on how pharmacists can work to review the medication of millions of patients have been described as creating an “unrealistic” workload by pharmacy leaders.
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Failing the frailest Subscription
A new analysis suggests that thousands of vulnerable older people could be at risk because their medicines have not been reviewed by their GP.
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Why pharmacists should never settle for a general practice that doesn't support them
Rupa Lyall’s first experience of general practice was a sour one, but she didn’t give up and found a practice where she belongs.
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Pharmacists could be expected to conduct millions of medication reviews, under NHS England plans Subscription
Pharmacists working in primary care networks will be expected to play a vital role in reviewing the medication of millions of patients with long-term conditions, under radical proposals to improve the care provided in the community published by NHS England.
