Ian Strachan is a community pharmacy owner contractor. He owns a number of pharmacies in England. He was Chair of the NPA between 2014 to 2018.
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Community pharmacy palliative care network for children launched
Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) and NHS Forth Valley have launched the ‘CHAS Community Pharmacy Network’, the first of its kind for children in the UK.
Why is it still a criminal offence if you make an inadvertent dispensing error?
We were lucky to catch up with Greg to have an in-depth conversation about dispensing errors in pharmacy.
The great pharmacy identity crisis
If we, as pharmacists, don’t fully understand our identity – which I think we don’t – then we should not be surprised when the general public doesn’t either.
GPhC propose significant increase in premises registration fees
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is consulting on proposals to increase registration fees for pharmacy premises from £262 to £365. This represents a 39% increase.
Pharmacy given £275,000 GDPR fine
A pharmacy has been fined £275,000 in the first use of fining powers under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).
Urgent guidance issued in response to fatal GP pharmacy cases
The Pharmacist Defence Association (PDA) have issued urgent guidance to all of its members. The move comes in response to a series of critical incidents. The defence team at the PDA has become increasingly concerned about incidents of unsafe practice which have started to emerge as the number of independent prescribers working in GP practices has risen. They have seen a number of serious incidents recently and are currently in the early stages of dealing with cases where patient deaths have been reported.
New RPS foundation framework prepares pharmacists for prescribing
The new RPS Foundation Pharmacist Framework is published today to support the future of pharmacy education and training across the UK. The new framework sets out the capabilities that will be needed by foundation pharmacists to meet the growing demand for pharmacists to provide increasingly complex clinical care across a range of settings. The framework has a greater focus on clinical capabilities including preparation for prescribing.
Miles Briggs MSP on workforce pressures, pharmacy first and investing in Scottish pharmacy
We were delighted to be joined by Miles Briggs MSP on the PIP podcast. Miles is a Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party MSP for Lothian. He is involved in quite a number of cross-party committees and notably for pharmacists he a member of the Health and Sport Committee. You can find out more about Mile’s voting record, his recent speeches, recent questions that he has asked of the Scottish government and recent motions he has brought forward here.
Medication error leads to investigation into electronic medication systems
Poorly implemented ePMA (electronic prescribing and medicines administration) systems can result in potentially fatal medication errors, a new report has warned.
