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.
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.
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.
On January 19th 2023, Lloydspharmacy has announced that it will be withdrawing all its instore pharmacies in Sainsbury’s.
Mr Barclay, the UK health secretary, in a statement to the parliament, has said that the government will set out a new strategy to tackle six main health conditions which are burdening England’s healthcare system.
66% of community pharmacists have admitted to experiencing forms of abuse from the public, being over worked, burnt out, suffering from poor mental health and not getting sufficient breaks and protected time for learning as found by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS) workforce wellbeing survey.
Anyone who has recently reviewed the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) CMS may have noticed the notification at the bottom of the search page regarding GMP and GDP Certificates, stating the following
UK Pharmacists and Pharmacies have received communication for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society yesterday (15th December 2022) regarding the addition of 3 penicillin products to the list of products impacted by serious shortages in supply.
The NIMAR process is designed to ensure that people in Northern Ireland can access Prescription Only Medicines unavailable on the NI Market
Previously this year we saw a shortage of HRT medication and now pharmacies are facing shortages of common antibiotics such as Amoxicillin.
