PSNC is seeking to recruit a Regulations Officer to support its legislative and regulatory affairs work. The appointee – Regulations Officer – will be responsible for providing guidance and support to pharmacy contractors, Local Pharmaceutical Committees and others on NHS related legislative and regulatory matters. The postholder will have the opportunity to manage their own projects...
Community pharmacy representatives have today attended a Government meeting about disruptions to the supply of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medicines. Following growing public concern about obtaining HRT drugs, Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid convened a round table discussion with key stakeholders across the supply chain, including community pharmacy. Manufacturers and suppliers of a...
In response to a significant ongoing disruption affecting three Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) medicines, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have issued three new Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs). PSNC’s briefing titled ‘HRT Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) FAQs‘ provides answers to commonly asked FAQs around the new SSPs issued on 29 April 2022 for...
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has published plans to amend current pharmacy legislation on dispensing errors and clarify how registered pharmacies are governed. The rebalancing medicines legislation and pharmacy regulation programme aims to clarify and strengthen the organisational governance arrangements of registered pharmacies, specifically to define and clarify the core purpose of...
The Review Steering Group (RSG) has published its proposals for the future of community pharmacy contractor representation and support. The proposals make 37 recommendations for the future of PSNC and the LPCs which the RSG says have been written to: Strengthen governance; Better align with the NHS; Appropriately resource representatives; and Strengthen collaboration. The RSG...
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