Tag: David Webb
NHSE launches training programme to expand community pharmacy roles
The NHS England has introduced a training programme for 1000 staff to broaden their community pharmacy roles, thereby improving patient access to services. Among...
NHS launches new training to expand role of pharmacy technician
The NHS plans to train hundreds of pharmacy staff, expanding their ability to provide advanced clinical services and assume wider roles in dispensing medicines....
GPhC invites applications for ‘Chief Pharmacy Officer’ role
The General Pharmaceutical Council is appointing a new Chief Pharmacy Officer to strengthen the professional voice within the senior leadership team. This introduction is...
Pharmacy bodies’ reaction on newly revealed ‘NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan’
The government has unveiled its much awaited 'NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan' to tackle the staff shortage in the pharmacy sector. The plan set out...
iGAS: David Webb asks pharmacies to order antibiotics ‘sensibly’
With higher than usual number of cases of scarlet fever, caused by invasive Group A streptococci (iGAS) infections being reported in children across the...
Webb: To make most of ICB commissioning, pharmacy teams need to work differently
David Webb, the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England, acknowledged that the “pressure in the system is high”, but urged everyone to “keep our eye on...