RPS meets with government to discuss pharmacists amending prescriptions during medicines shortages
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has  met with government officials to press the case for pharmacists to be able to amend prescriptions during medicines shortages. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 3, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

The man and his 'illegal' van trying to fix Glasgow ’s drug problem
A van providing a safe space for drug users to inject is being piloted in Glasgow but, despite backing for the idea of such a facility from the Scottish government, Westminster says that it is illegal. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 3, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

The man and his illegal van trying to fix Glasgow ’s drug problem
A van providing a safe space for drug users to inject is being piloted in Glasgow but, despite backing for the idea of such a facility from the Scottish government, Westminster says that it is illegal. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 3, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Welsh pharmacies save over 35,000 GP appointments each week, audit finds
Around half of patients who received advice in Welsh pharmacies would otherwise have gone to their GP first,  an audit by Community Pharmacy Wales has found. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 2, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

'Small number' of pharmacies bid to administer newly approved COVID-19 vaccines
Only a ‘small number’ of independent multiples have applied to administer COVID-19 vaccines from designated pharmacy-led sites, the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies has said. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 2, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Pharmacists can help put an end to illicit drug deaths by being at the centre of a new non-medical use market
Providing currently prohibited drugs through pharmacists in state-run pharmacies sounds like a radical idea, but it could be a way of improving prospects for users. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 2, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Membership fees 2021
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Assembly has announced membership fees for 2021. The annual membership subscriptions are detailed  in the table below.  Standard feesFeeReduced fee for annual direct debit  (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 2, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

How our UK-based training provider taught the first Hong Kong Chinese pharmacist to vaccinate
With an additional 7,000 medical staff needed to vaccinate the population of Hong Kong against COVID-19, UK-based Voyager Medical took its years of experience in vaccination training to the city to teach its first pharmacists to administer flu vaccines in preparation. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 2, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Pharmacy staff in Scotland to receive £500 bonus in recognition of COVID-19 service
NHS pharmacy services staff in Scotland will receive a bonus £500 payment in recognition of their services during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Reducing risk and managing dispensing errors
Pharmacy teams should understand how to minimise the risk and likelihood of dispensing errors, including methods that can be used to evaluate existing processes,  as well as how to deal with errors if they happen. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - December 1, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Delayed preregistration exam must be sat in person, pharmacy regulator says
Candidates sitting the delayed  summer 2020 preregistration assessment will have to travel to an examination centre to sit the papers in person. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 30, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Inhaled corticosteroid added to COVID-19 PRINCIPLE trial
Budesonide, an  inhaled corticosteroid, is the latest drug to be investigated as a treatment for COVID-19 patients who are not in hospital. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 30, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Pharmacies in Scotland to receive a further £4.5m for COVID-19 costs
Pharmacy contractors in Scotland will receive an additional £4.5m in COVID-19-related financial support. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 30, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

NHS England to choose 'selected' number of pharmacies to deliver at least 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines per week
Pharmacies designated as COVID-19 vaccination sites by NHS England will need to administer “at least 1,000 vaccines each week” if they are to become part of the national vaccine delivery programme. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 30, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Family of pharmacy technician approved for £60k COVID-19 death-in-service benefit
The family of a pharmacy technician who died from COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic has spoken of their relief after their application for a death-in-service benefit was approved. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - November 27, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research