NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) has strengthened its mental health support offer for all healthcare staff, including community pharmacy teams. Pharmacy staff now have rapid access to mental health services and support, courtesy of a series of new mental health and wellbeing hubs. Each of these 40 hubs offers free and confidential clinical assessments...
A community pharmacy group in the West Midlands is running a COVID-19 vaccination site from a gym to support local vaccination efforts. Whilst only small numbers of community pharmacy-led vaccination sites have been able to open so far, of them we are hearing incredible stories about how local stakeholders have collaborated to support the COVID-19...
The British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) has launched an educational series on how to discuss cancer, which may be useful for community pharmacy teams. ‘Let’s Communicate Cancer’ is free and easily accessible e-learning that teaches healthcare professionals about cancer from basics to detail. It is presented as bite-sized videos, animation, quizzes and slide shows. The...
Yesterday evening (Monday 29 March), PSNC hosted its second Wellbeing Workshop provided by Pharmacist Support and are pleased to report that the event was well attended. The Stress Management and Building Resilience workshop was explicitly designed with those working in pharmacy in mind and covered the following: the science behind stress and anxiety and their...
New guidance has been published by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on how ventilation in the workplace can help to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). The guidance includes a short section on ‘workplace settings’ which explains the importance of identifying areas that are not well ventilated, gives examples of control measures...
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