It’s that time of year again when we open up places for our Charity Golf Day! CPS is delighted to be hosting its 11th Annual Charity Golf Day on Friday, 9th May 2025, at the stunning Mar Hall Golf & Spa Resort.

NES Pharmacy are pleased to announce that they have updated their Pharmacy GPhC Initial Education and Training reforms for 2025-26 - Communications page on TURAS to better inform you of the changes to and requirements for Foundation Training Year 2025/26.

Chiesi virtual meeting invitation for 'MART – Maintenance and Reliever Therapy' on 26th March 2025 at 19:30, featuring respiratory pharmacist Garry McDonald.

Our colleagues at Scottish Government have launched he Mind to Mind campaign which encourage people to look after their mental wellbeing. In this article you will find campaign resources that will help you spread the word within your community.

This week’s MCR Ready Reckoner has been updated and is now available to download or you can view it via the App.

Due to the day on which the 1st February falls this year, we will publish the February edition of Part 7 on the website slightly later than usual, early next week.

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In 2024, the Pharmacy in Practice Conference in Edinburgh brought together a tremendous selection of research poster submissions. These posters, submitted from across the profession, showcased the incredible depth and quality of practice within the pharmacy profession. Last year's winner, Laura Karim, will lead a judging panel for this year's submissions.

Your next courier collection will take place on Thursday, February 6th, 2025. This is a particular busy period of time for community pharmacy, and we thought it might be useful to remind you of some information around your prescription bag submissions.

An eLearning module designed to promote good practice when assisting people with migraine is also available to support Pharmacy Teams. 

The event showcased how community pharmacies across Scotland have adopted the Daffodil Standards to provide elevated care and assistance to those who are terminally ill and managing end of life medicines.

Our colleagues at NHS Scotland wanted to highlight the 3rd Scottish Postpartum Contraception Conference which is being held in Edinburgh in March. The conference agenda is set to be full of interesting content as well as topics which would be relevant to community pharmacists.

First Minister John Swinney addressed the nation yesterday (27/01/25) to outline plans for NHS reform, pledging to reduce waiting lists, enhance the NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service.

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The Scottish Pharmacy Awards will return for 2025 with a real opportunity for the amazing work that is undertaken in Pharmacy across Scotland to be celebrated once again. Pharmacy success should be shouted about far and wide so please get those nominations in for you and your team. Deadline for entries is the 17th February 2025 so don't delay enter today. The awards will take place at the EICC on Saturday 26th April 2025.

Over the last 12 months, NES have been supporting our network of Designated Supervisor’s (DS) to increase their confidence in the use of physical assessment skills and their ability to assess trainee pharmacists utilising these skills in practice. Due to the success of this training NES are running another series of events in the coming months.

Our colleagues at NES have asked us to help circulate the Experiential Learning 2024/25 Newsletter. This newsletter contains a wealth of information for planning ahead to your next round of experiential learning students including useful resources for both facilitators and students. See below for further details.

Our colleagues at NES and Healthcare Improvement Scotland have asked us to highlight an upcoming webinar which will focus on the critical role that pharmacy teams can play in supporting people who use substances in Scotland and achieving the national mission to prevent drug deaths.

12 days to go until the CPS 2025 Elections Nominations close, if you are an eligible independent pharmacy owner you should have received an email from no-reply@ukevote.uk which will include access to a portal so that you can get involved.

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