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Medicines Optimisation

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Medicines

Report calls for community pharmacy ARRS funding to address workforce challenges

Sector can play a much bigger role in medicines optimisation if right levers are in place, says new report.

28 Jun 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Public health

Exclusion of community pharmacy from medicines optimisation is 'crazy'

The chief pharmaceutical officer David Webb was told that NHS England has excluded the sector from its medicines optimisation programme.

18 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Public health

MP tries to resuscitate drug price labelling legislation to cut waste

Patients should be encouraged to 'do their bit' to cut spending, says South Thanet MP

27 Oct 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Older people's health

Compliance aid basics

When should you supply medicines in a compliance aid, and when can you charge for doing so?

10 Aug 2021 , 2 Min Article

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The bus stops here

What does a medicines optimisation pharmacist do? Victoria Birchall describes a typical week 

10 Aug 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Efficiency

Rollercoaster ride to the Titan platform

The first completely new PMR for more than a decade took three years to build and launch, but Invatech Health's Tariq Muhammad says his ups and downs in business has shaped its development over 25 years

10 Sep 2019 , 6 Min Article

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GPs disregard pharmacist recommendations in new study

GPs trialling a new model of care were often reluctant to follow pharmacist recommendations, say researchers.

14 Jul 2019 , 1 Min Article

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Enhanced Services

Services in Scotland: MAS registrations down, CMS up

The latest data for patients registered with CMS and MAS in Scotland make for interesting reading

01 Mar 2019 , 1 Min Article

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Enhanced Services

Contractors maximise service income to mitigate cuts

MUR completions are up. Year on year data from the NHS reveals increases across England as contractors look to mitigate the impact of the funding cuts

16 Nov 2018 , 1 Min Article

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Customer service

Electronic repeat dispensing gets animated

Wessex AHSN produce 3 minute animated guide to eRD

04 Oct 2018 , 1 Min Article

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Medication safety

UK pharmacists to promote antimicrobial stewardship in Africa

Pharmacists are going to Africa to tackle anti-microbial resistance as part of specialist NHS teams 

04 Oct 2018 , 1 Min Article

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Medication safety

Care home pharmacist recruitment drive is “bang on target” says RPS

A £20 million NHS England drive to recruit pharmacists and pharmacy technicians into care homes has been praised by the RPS

16 Mar 2018 , 1 Min Article

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New asthma guidelines could save NHS millions says NICE

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued new guidance on diagnosing, monitoring and managing asthma that it says could deliver big savings

29 Nov 2017 , 1 Min Article

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Half of UK adults need help to self care

In Self Care Week, research suggests that almost half of UK adults require assistance to self care for self-treatable conditions

13 Nov 2017 , 1 Min Article

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Medication safety

We must protect antibiotics efficacy, campaign urges

The government will not “allow modern medicine to grind to a halt,” pharmacy minister Steve Brine said as PHE launched its ‘Keep Antibiotics Working’ campaign

24 Oct 2017 , 1 Min Article

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Medication safety

We must protect antibiotics efficacy, campaign urges

The government will not “allow modern medicine to grind to a halt,” pharmacy minister Steve Brine said as PHE launched its ‘Keep Antibiotics Working’ campaign

24 Oct 2017 , 1 Min Article