Community Pharmacy Wales has estimated that community pharmacies in Wales could save the NHS £95 million a year if services such as a national minor aliments scheme were rolled out effectively. It urged the Welsh Assembly Government to make the commitment needed to deliver the changes.  Savings could come from 4 key areas: better medicine […]

The GPHC has urged pharmacists to respond to their consultation on CPD, with just a few weeks to go before the closing date (7th February). The consultation includes the proposal to set a pass mark for CPD standard at 50% and to require one third of CPD entries to start the ‘reflection stage’. It is […]

After comments from the Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail regarding pharmacists turning away parents who wanted their children vaccinated, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) have defended accused pharmacists, stressing the need for extra training. The NPA said that pharmacists were naturally reluctant to turn people away but had […]

1,500 pharmacists miss the GPHC Registration Deadline Almost 1,500 pharmacists will leave the register in January after failing to renew their membership with the GPHC. 42,612 pharmacists had re registered by the November 30th deadline (around 97%). This means over 3% are set to leave the register. pharmacists who did not renew by the deadline will […]

The GPHC has stated that almost 98% of pharmacists have met or exceeded the expected standards when submitting their CPD for review. The Council said that of the 8,000 records reviewed in the first year of the process, 82% achieved an ‘excellent’ score, and a further 16% were rated as ‘good’. 65% of registrants removed […]

The Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union has stated that community pharmacists in Europe should be granted access to electronic health records. The group has said that while there is wide acceptance of pharmacists’ involvement in e -prescribing systems, the same cannot be said for sharing information contained in patients’ electronic records. The group believes […]

With the cold snap of weather around the UK, pharmacists have been battling the snow and ice to stay open. Alliance Healthcare admitted some disruption to services but praised staff and their commitments to delivering medicines and prescriptions. Some pharmacists were reported walking several miles to work, as well as making deliveries on foot. Flame […]

Pharmacists have just less than a week left to renew their registration with the GPHC or face removal from the register. The deadline is 30th November 2010. So far 84.7% of pharmacists have renewed their registration. Those who do not renew their registration will be removed and unable to practice from 31st December 2010.