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NPA asks pharmacies to report all patient safety incidents as number plunge in Q2 of 2020

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has asked community pharmacies to report all patient safety incidents despite growing work pressure due to a persisting virus...

FEATURE: Improving care home patient safety

  Tariq Muhammad examines how pharmacists can develop a more meaningful service for care homes with the use of electronic patient record systems... The Covid pandemic...

Pharmacy students at John Moores to use Better’s e-prescribing solution for patient safety

Liverpool John Moores University will use Better’s OPENeP electronic prescribing and medicines administration solution to teach its pharmacy students about modern prescribing practices. The university...

Pharmacists urged to promote Oxford vaccine safety study among patients

The PSNC has asked community pharmacy teams to encourage their patients who have had Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to participate in a safety study about...

Pharmacists’ expertise crucial in success of virus jabs but safety of staff and patients paramount: RPS

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has reiterated that pharmacists have the expertise to play a crucial role in administering Covid-19 vaccinations. "We need assurances from the NHS...

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Community pharmacy minor ailment scheme cuts 30,000 GP appointments

Community pharmacies in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly...

Man’s death linked to Tegretol shortages; Epilepsy Society calls for supply chain review

The deceased, who had epilepsy, was left without his...

NPA urges Covid-19 Inquiry to reduce ‘unrealistic expectations’ on healthcare workers

NPA highlights early challenges faced by community pharmacies in...

Digital exclusion ‘a bottleneck’ to expanding Pharmacy First service

Baba Akomolafe warns that moving care from hospitals to...

England lost 222 pharmacies last year – NPA reveals

West Berkshire is the country’s ‘pharmacy desert’, with the...