A nationally agreed two-way pathway between community pharmacies and optometrists programme has been announced.
community pharmacy Scotland
This time last year…
This time last year, it would have been impossible for any of us to imagine just what challenges lay ahead in the coming months.
Report reveals extent of hidden value of community pharmacy
A report commissioned by CPS published today has attempted to quantify the ‘ART’ of pharmacy within the community setting in Scotland.
Scottish contractors secure funding for May bank holiday opening
CPhO has written to the community pharmacy network in Scotland to inform them of the arrangements around additional bank holiday funding to the network.
Scottish pharmacy out in force to lead the primary care agenda
As part of the Health and Sport Committee enquiry into primary care Director of Operations Matt Barclay from Community Pharmacy Scotland and Chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scottish Pharmacy Board Jonathan Burton gave evidence.
Could a clever nudge stop the over-ordering of prescription medicines?
There’s so much outrage on the go at the moment but I have to say the amount money drained from the NHS via the oversupply of medication must be staggering and largely unmeasured.
£300,000 investment in Scottish Community Pharmacist Practitioner Champions to continue
£300,000 investment in Scottish Community Pharmacist Practitioner Champions to continue.
Community pharmacy prescribing in Scotland
Sam Falconer talks about community pharmacy prescribing in Scotland, the need for more funding and hope for the future
What can Scotland learn from British Columbia’s approach to overdose deaths?
Part of the answer to mounting drugs-related deaths in Scotland lies in grassroots charities, community groups and experts with lived experience taking a lead role, a Canadian substance use researcher says. Professor Bernie Pauly of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research was in Scotland last week to speak at a Dundee harm reduction […]
£1 million investment in Scottish community pharmacy prescribing clinics
Community pharmacy contractors in Scotland can once again avail of funding to run community pharmacy independent prescribing clinics. The total value of money allocated for the financial year 2019/20 remains unchanged from last year at £1 million.
