The communication also describes the terms of a Pharmacist Independent Prescriber-led common clinical conditions service
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Letters to the editor
UK pharmacy news
Volunteer medicine delivery service completes 50,000 deliveries
The volunteer medicine delivery service in Northern Ireland is being stopped at the end of August.
RPS fear winter resurgence of COVID-19
Fears over a resurgence of COVID-19 during the winter months have prompted RPS to call for urgent assurances about NHS plans for UK pharmacy.
Inadvertent fatal sodium nitrite administration to two babies
A National Patient Safety Alert has been issued on the risk of death from unintended administration of sodium nitrite.
Many pharmacists yet to be offered COVID-19 risk assessments
The data reveals a varied picture in terms of pharmacists’ experience and views of COVID-19 risk assessments.
Pharmacy in Practice CPD challenges
Scottish pharmacy news
50-54 year old Scots to get flu vaccine if supplies allow
Social care workers, people over 55 and household members of those who are shielding will all be eligible for the free seasonal flu vaccine.
Care home visiting expanded in Scotland
Care home residents will be able to receive more outdoor visitors from Monday, 10 August, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman has confirmed.
No easy solutions for Drug Deaths Taskforce one year on
The reason for the Taskforce was clear, the ‘shocking’ escalation in the rise of drug-related deaths over the last five years required urgent attention.
Local lockdown imposed on Aberdeen
People in Aberdeen City are asked not to meet other households indoors or travel more than five miles for leisure or recreational purposes.
The daily and weekly PIP email doses
Interviews
What can a hepatitis C eradication service teach us about tackling COVID-19?
Andrew Radley is a consultant pharmacist in public health who was recently a member of a successful team who managed to eradicate hepatitis C in NHS Tayside.
Is community pharmacy representation in need of an overhaul?
David Wright, Professor of Pharmacy Practice has lead an independent review of the roles and structures underpinning PSNC and LPCs.
Professor Harry McQuillan on the ‘ART’ of community pharmacy
Adversity brings opportunity and the community pharmacy network in Scotland ‘creaked’ but was never close to falling over even at the height of the crisis.
Letters to the editor
How 56 community pharmacies helped to eradicate hepatitis C
The long-term trusting relationship with community pharmacy staff and the on-going reason to attend the pharmacy were key factors in this success.
Letters to the editor
Should pharmacists be sent to check home medicine cupboards?
Managed repeat prescriptions have been being phased out for some time now and if stockpiling is still an issue, what else can be done?
Pharmacists severely limited without patient record access
In terms of making sure this type of case never happens again, we simply cannot achieve this by ourselves.
Community pharmacy isn’t set up to deliver interventions at scale
The community pharmacy platform in England is just not set up to deliver these interventions robustly at scale.
Blogs
The dramatic lockdown workload took an emotional toll
I ended up getting one of the last flights out of the country on the Monday before all planes were grounded.
COVID-19 takes pharmacy boss back to the front line
Six months ago, if anyone had suggested to Anna Ruthven that she’d be working in a local pharmacy in Spring 2020 dressed in a visor she’d have laughed.
Outrage that pharmacy is excluded from death in service benefit
I’m appalled by the fact that community pharmacy teams don’t appear to have been included in the announcement of a £60,000 death in service benefit.
Before the pandemic our pharmacy was already short staffed
Our pharmacy is extremely busy normally. It’s a very fast-paced and stressful environment. We never have ‘quiet times’ & often have to cover other branches.
Professional dilemmas
Dilemma results: Has this pharmacist behaved inappropriately on social media?
This dilemma will take you through the adventures of a pharmacist on social media. We hope you enjoy the dilemma and find it useful.
PIP Dilemma results: Is this pharmacist an alcoholic?
This is a dilemma involves a story about a pharmacist who struggles to control their relationship with alcohol and the inevitable consequences.
COVID-19 as it happens – Live pharmacy blog
Opinion
Are primary care networks in danger of being a busted flush?
Primary Care Networks (PCNs) were established almost exactly a year ago but have they always been a busted flush?
Patient stories are not yours to share
I’ll level with you. I get really nervous when healthcare professionals, start describing encounters online they have had with patients in practice.
Some pharmacists should receive penalty points
I’m not for more regulation but I am in favour of effective regulation. Registrants deserve a regulator that is working well and engaged with the profession.
Community pharmacy volunteer delivery service ‘doomed to fail’
The pandemic community pharmacy delivery service is not worth the paper it’s written on.
