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Jonathon Clarke, CEO, Locate a Locum
Guest Blog

Good locum management is good workforce management

As pharmacy teams grow more skilled and specialised, how independents manage locums is fast becoming a workforce strategy issue, not an afterthought, says Jonathon Clarke of Locate a Locum

Jonathon Clarke
independent prescribing
Opinion

How do students feel about the transition to independent prescribing?

From discussions with other pharmacy students as Pharmacy Student External Relations Officer for the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPSA), Samiha Amin shares insight into what new IPs now joining the pharmacy workforce think they will need from their community pharmacy colleagues.

Samiha Amin
Adequate funding needed to support prescribing services: NPA report
News

Adequate funding needed to support prescribing services: NPA report

The report projects that by early 2030s all community pharmacies would have at least one full-time pharmacist prescriber

Pharmacies not ready to accommodate new independent prescribers PB Poll
News

Pharmacies not ready to accommodate new independent prescribers: PB Poll

Readers share some concern around an expansion of independent prescribing, as leaders warn the proposed £17 consultation fee for a Pharmacy First IP service would fail to reflect heightened clinical and legal liabilities

Survey confirms enthusiasm for independent prescribing, but obstacles remain
News

Survey confirms enthusiasm for independent prescribing, but obstacles remain

Patients shared that they want information sharing between pharmacies and GPs, including their full medical history being made available to prescribing pharmacists

clinical access
Guest Blog

"A once-in-a-generation opportunity to move from supply-led care to genuine clinical access"

It's a huge opportunity, but success for the first cohort of newly qualified pharmacist independent prescribers depends on the support of a robust infrastructure around them.

Sarah Baig
£17 fee not adequate for independent prescribing PB Poll
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£17 fee not adequate for independent prescribing: PB Poll

Industry leaders voiced concerns over clinical liability risks on the Pharmacy Business podcast