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NPA chair: prepare prescribers for when “the funding is right”
News

NPA chair: prepare prescribers for when “the funding is right”

Olivier Picard plans to develop his team’s independent prescribing capacity, while waiting for funding to improve

Think carefully about Pharmacy First prescribing costs, CPE warns
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Think carefully about Pharmacy First prescribing costs, CPE warns

Contractors should "really understand” the increased clinical responsibilities, insurance and governance involved before signing up to the new Pharmacy First pathways

Sophie Julian
Opinion

Is the workforce ready for independent prescribing?

Six months after the Nuffield Trust’s identified barriers to the growth of independent prescribing, Sophie Julian, one of the report’s authors, reflects on what’s happened since then, and how this impacts prescribers in community pharmacy.

Sophie Julian
Teach & Treat Hubs for newly-qualified independent prescribers in Scotland
News

Teach & Treat Hubs for newly-qualified independent prescribers in Scotland

These hubs expose independent prescriber attendees to a variety of presentations of acute common clinical conditions

Pharmacist prescribing needs clear clinical governance: NPA
News

Pharmacist prescribing needs clear clinical governance: NPA

The new framework calls for sustainable funding, joined-up IT systems, professional relationships and clear clinical governance to drive pharmacy prescribing services

High percentage of disallowed items prescribed by NHS dentists, nurse prescribers: NHSBSA
Drug Safety & Medicine Alerts

High percentage of disallowed items prescribed by NHS dentists, nurse prescribers: NHSBSA

They were either drugs not listed in the Dental Practitioners’ Formulary or missing from the Nurse Prescribers’ Formulary

Expanding pharmacy prescribing without resources will not improve access to care: PDA
News

Expanding pharmacy prescribing without resources will not improve access to care: PDA

The trade union said the expansion of pharmacist prescribing is not a simple add-on to existing pharmacy work

Community pharmacy's newest prescribers: from qualification to confident practice
Features

Community pharmacy's newest prescribers: qualification to confident practice

Newly qualified prescribing pharmacists have the opportunity to be supported by a Pharmacist Enhanced Practice Pathway. Helen Middleton, regional lead for primary care education (London and South East) at CPPE, outlines what this offers for both employers and prescribers.

Helen Middleton