Tag: community pharmacy
Pharmacies complete over 100K blood pressure checks since service commenced in October 2021
Community pharmacy contractors have provided more than 100,000 blood pressure checks since the NHS Blood Pressure Check service commenced in October last year.
According to...
Community pharmacies to be funded to spot signs of cancer and make direct hospital referrals
Community pharmacies in England could soon be allowed to make cancer referrals to hospitals under new plans to improve early detection of the disease.
An...
‘Pharmacy engagement in ICSs will be vital’
Community pharmacy should be involved in key decisions in neighbourhoods and systems to help reduce workload and increase patient access, a roundtable organized by...
NPA ‘broadly supports’ dispensing model in which medicines are supplied by spoke pharmacies
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) says its accepts the hub and spoke model in which medicines are supplied by a spoke pharmacy as opposed...
England’s new Chief Pharmaceutical Officer praises work of community pharmacy
The newly appointed Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO) for England, David Webb has set out his personal priorities for the next few years to support...
EXCLUSIVE: Getting the best from your LPCs & PSNC: How Review Steering Group’s proposals will help
By Aneet Kapoor
When I was asked by fellow independent contractors to join the Review Steering Group (RSG) back in late 2020, I said yes,...