Monthly Archives: December 2023

It is just over six weeks till the Pharmacy First service is due to start (31st January 2024); community pharmacists in England are reminded that they can access NHS England funded Community Pharmacy Clinical Examination Skills training, which may be particularly helpful for supporting delivery of this service. The training, which is being delivered by [...]

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A new Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Drug Safety Update (Vol 17 Issue 5 December 2023) has been published and includes articles on: Aripiprazole (Abilify and generic brands): risk of pathological gambling Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin, cyanocobalamin): advise patients with known cobalt allergy to be vigilant for sensitivity reactions Letters and medicine recalls sent [...]

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Pharmacy owners and their teams can now watch an on-demand recording of Community Pharmacy England’s webinar giving an overview of the Pharmacy First service. Held earlier this week, over 500 people tuned in to watch our ‘Pharmacy First: Getting to know the service’ webinar. The first in our series of webinars* aimed at assisting the [...]

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The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO) for England, David Webb, has written to the community pharmacy sector about the Pharmacy First service in an end of year letter. Whilst thanking pharmacy colleagues for making a “valuable contribution” to the NHS this year, the CPhO notes that the agreement of the national Pharmacy First service marks a [...]

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Pharmacy owners have until Sunday (17th December 2023) to complete the 2023 workforce survey, which is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. The NHS Business Services Authority sent an email to pharmacy owners containing a link to the survey on 23rd October 2023; the survey can also be accessed via the following link: Access [...]

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