Breathing Space Day Marks 20 Years of Crucial Mental Health Support in Scotland

Any private prescribing of controlled drugs must be done on a specific PPCD(1) form, which can be ordered by prescribers once they have registered with a relevant NHS Health Board.

Our colleagues at Public Health Scotland (PHS) have brought to our attention a recent outbreak of measles

As part of our work with the Digital Prescribing and Dispensing Programme to move to paperless prescriptions, we urgently need your help!

Pharmacy superintendents and teams may wish to review a new library of support materials that have been published by the MHRA to further minimise the potential harm that Valproate-containing medicines can cause.

Following the release of PCA (P)(2023) 46 Amendments to the Drug Tariff Part 11 Discount Clawback Scale, it was brought to our attention that the annex within the circular had a number of anomalies within of negative percentages.

The field of community pharmacy is constantly evolving, adapting to the changing landscape of healthcare and the needs of patients. In line with these changes, recent adjustments to terminology and role names within pharmacy have been introduced

As some of you may be aware, NHS England are due to launch the NHS Pharmacy First service in English community pharmacies on 31st of January 2024.

It’s the New Year, and with that we wanted to refresh your memory on some top tips for packing your prescription submissions:

The current Public Health Service Poster campaign topic is Smoking Cessation which will run until further notice. The poster campaign topic of Sexual Assault Response Co-ordination Service is no longer going ahead.

National Pharmacy Technician Group Scotland (NPTGS) are looking for Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Support team members to participate in groundbreaking research that will reimagine the roles of Pharmacy Support team members and Pharmacy Technicians

Each local NHS Health Board has the ability to develop bespoke local pharmacy services to suit the needs of local communities and patients