Windsor Framework
The Windsor Framework was published in late February, and was hoped to be the long awaited resolution to problems that existed with the Northern Ireland Protocol, particularly in relation to movement of goods.
Pholcodine medication being withdrawn from UK pharmacies
Pholcodine containing cough and cold medication is being taken off the shelves in UK pharmacies amidst safety fears.
RPS re-joins FIP after members asked the society to return
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has officially re-joined the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
Pharmacists working in Online settings
The GPhC has made comments that ‘Pharmacists working in Online settings have forgotten what they learned in community’. This comment has come on the back of a huge rise in the number of online pharmacies opening over the last few years and the risk of patient safety from these pharmacies rising.
Norovirus affecting over 65 year – highest levels seen since the last ten years
A lot of people have been affected by the Norovirus this winter but in particular there has been a 66% rise in confirmed cases which is higher than the five-year average prior to the pandemic.
Pharmacist Prescribing Services urged to be commissioned immediately
The Company Chemists Association (CCA) has urged that the NHS should immediately commission services which allow prescribing pharmacists to develop a more clinical role in community pharmacy, utilising their prescribing skills more.