Analysis

Community pharmacies are more likely to fail a GPhC inspection but also account for all pharmacies rated excellent.

The majority of respondents to a GPhC survey said they favour integrated standards for pharmacists’ education and training.

A mapping tool to help pharmacies identify which primary care network they should work with is in development.

Sid Dajani says his attempt to secure a judicial review of the way the RPS removed him from the EPB has failed.    

The first details have been released about the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service.

Less than half of GP pharmacists in England have had access to the CPPE’s ‘clinical pharmacist’ qualification, the PDA said.

Pharmacist Support is receiving more complex, distressing calls from pharmacists with mental health problems.

The PDA says “an increasing number” of pharmacists have concerns over the impact of PCNs on their employment.

Nearly half of CCGs are proposing to merge in the biggest cull of NHS organisations for more than a decade.

The Government has launched a consultation on community pharmacy reimbursement reforms.

Only 72% of candidates passed June’s pre-registration exam - the lowest level in eight years. 

Community pharmacy's unprecedented five-year funding deal has been met with a range of responses.

The PDA said the second proposal for a pharmacy apprenticeship has generated "even more serious concerns" than the first.

The new contractual framework will considerably expand clinical services from pharmacies over the next five years.

The PSNC's Alastair Buxton said the level of community pharmacy funding for primary care networks has not been finalised.     

The Digital Minor Illness Referral Service has been renamed the NHS Community Pharmacist Consultation Service.

The RPS fails to respond to questions on whether it took action against Ash Soni over unlawful dispensing at his pharmacy.    

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has launched its own survey to gauge what its members think about it.

Responses to a GPhC consultation indicate "broad support" for plans to integrate academic study and practical experience.

Part 7 Drug Tariff discount clawback for contractors in Scotland has been retrospectively reset.