Tag: pharmacists
Majority of contractors benefit from real time exemption checking
Majority of community pharmacies are benefiting from the use of real time exemption checking (RTEC), as per an update by the NHS Business Services...
RPS, Royal College of GPs publish recommendations to maximise potential of minor ailment referrals
Royal Pharmaceutical Society in England and the Royal College of General Practitioners have published recommendations for the roll-out and success of the GP Community...
Patients risk access to care, medicines due to pharmacist workforce crisis
The ongoing pharmacist workforce crisis has posed a significant risk to patients’ access to care, medicines and advice -- particularly affecting the elderly and...
Irish trade union accepts PDA’s proposal to involve pharmacists in future pharmacy policy
Irish trade union, ICTU, has accepted the Pharmacists' Defence Association’s (PDA) proposal that states decision making by the government about pharmacy policy and service...
Over 6,000 pharmacies benefit from new earlier advance payment system
More than 6,000 pharmacy contractors who declared their October 2021 FP34C submission figures by November 5, will have received earlier advance payments on November...
Our current standards are adequate to regulate new services by pharmacies: Regulator tells Sigma webinar
There is no need for the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to change its standards to better regulate pharmacies as the current framework is adequate...