The General Pharmaceutical Council has agreed its 2011 fees as it prepares to take over pharmacy regulations from 27th September. The renewal fee for a 12 month period will be £262 for pharmacists, £142 for pharmacy technicians and £217 for pharmacy premises. They have opted not to offer a low income fee as ‘regulatory responsibility […]

A report published by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust (PPRT) has found that pharmacists rated patients’ health interests over professional guidelines, as the most important factor to consider in ethical decision making. Regulation also played a very important part. As a pharmacist do you follow suit to this? Do you feel that ethical problem solving […]

A new pilot scheme has been launched by the MHRA to allow pharmacists to report adverse drug reactions electronically to the agency’s yellow card scheme. The aim is to make reporting easier and to allow information to be more easily shared with the MHRA for effective drug safety monitoring. Once the pilot has been completed, […]

Community pharmacists are still unconvinced by the benefits of the electronic prescription service (EPS), despite government claims that the system has been a success and can be managed locally. A survey of 100 pharmacists by the Chemist and Druggist found that only 51% felt the EPS would be good for pharmacy overall. A high percentage […]

A trial scheme has found that pharmacists could cut care home medication errors by 91% if they were given full responsibility for medicines management. A four month trial by Midhurst Pharmacy introduced a pharmacist led pharmaceutical intervention programme at a 69 bed higher dependent care home. At the end of the trail internal medicine errors […]

Under the Pharmacy Manifesto 2011, the RPSGB’s Scottish board will campaign for greater access to health records. Speaking at the RPS Conference, chair of the Scottish Pharmacy Board Sandra Melville said while pharmacists working in hospitals enjoy sharing information, access has been withheld from community pharmacists. The board is asking politicians to implement a health […]

The Pharmacy Minister, Earl Howe has agreed funding of £2.49 billion for community pharmacy services in England for 2010-2011. As a result, contractors have earned £140 million above the overall £500 million contractual target for retained purchase profits. £120 million will be recovered through adjustment to category M prices this year and £20 million will […]

Over 70% of pharmacists said it was harder to source products from pharma firms running distribution schemes. Only 6% said supply deals had improved access to medicines. Since 2007 more than 20 manufacturers have launched bespoke supply arrangements, with most citing improved medicine supply to patients as a key reason to change. However 13 of […]

A report from Finland has shown that community pharmacists save healthcare systems hundreds of millions of pounds a year by giving patients health advice over the counter. According to the report of 197 pharmacists in Finland, pharmacists have helped avoid 6.2 million visits to a GP and 750,000 emergency visits a year by offering advice, […]

GPHC, the future pharmacy regulator has launched a telephone helpline, staffed by pharmacists to offer pharmacists guidance during the demerger. This helpline will assist pharmacists who have questions about the regulatory changes and how they will be affected. After this the GPCH will assume responsibility for the regulation of the pharmacy profession from the RPSGB. […]

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The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has called on the Scottish Government to introduce a standardised hospital prescribing chart decreasing the risk of prescribing errors by doctors, particularly those in training. A spokesperson for the college said that the idea of a national prescribing chart is a simple response to a complex problem. A […]

Pharmacies on the south coast are defying enhanced service cuts to see their stop smoking schemes thrive. Pharmacists in Hampshire and Dorset were celebrating success after helping around 4,400 (combined) to give up smoking between April 09 and March 10. The department of Health stated that nationally, more than 750,000 people tried to give up […]

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A Pharmacy campaign promised in the 2008’s pharmacy white paper is set to be launched in the four PCTs granted funding. The campaigns will be delivered locally with all four trust designing their own versions to reflect pharmacy services in their regions. NHS Portsmouth aims to increase uptake of pharmacy services and raise public confidence […]