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Pharmacy regulator consults on new standards for registered pharmacies8 February 2012The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has launched a consultation on major changes to the way in which registered pharmacies across Great Britain are regulated. The GPhC is the independent regulator of more than 70,000 pharmacists, pharmacy technici...

Medicines reconciliation video1 February 2012NHS Employers has produced a video to highlight the role of hospital and community pharmacy medicines reconciliation. The video views the medicines pathway from a patient's point of view, demonstrating how hospital and community pharmacists can work toget...

MUR guidance published25 January 2012NHS Employers and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee have published guidance for medicines use reviews (MURs), which includes an explanation of the October 2011 changes to the service. This new guidance will be a useful resource for commission...

Interim arrangements for pharmacy premises applications25 January 2012PCTs should use the 2005 regulations to process applications to open new or additional pharmacy or dispensing appliance contractor premises until the consultation on the draft NHS pharmaceutical services regulations 2012 has ended and they are laid in parliam...

Draft NHS pharmaceutical services regulations 201225 January 2012A short briefing on the new market entry system for pharmacies and dispensing appliance contractors as proposed in the draft NHS pharmaceutical services regulations 2012.

Removal from the General Pharmaceutical Council register25 January 2012This briefing contains useful advice for PCTs on how to deal with pharmacists and pharmacy premises that have been removed from the General Pharmaceutical Council's register.

Business continuity exempted from 2011/12 IG requirements19 January 2012All NHS providers, including community pharmacies, need to provide information governance assurances to the NHS on an annual basis. This is done through the online Information Governance Toolkit. The deadline for contractors to submit their 2011/12 return is 31 March 2...

Quarterly prescription cost analysis, England: July to September 201119 January 2012Quarterly prescription cost analysis provides details of the number of items and the net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England. The drugs dispensed are listed by British National Formulary (BNF) therapeutic class. The latest edition covers July to September 2...

Revising PNAs and supplementary statements19 January 2012PCTs are required to keep their pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs) up to date and, where they identify changes to the availability of pharmaceutical services, to either revise the assessment and/or issue a supplementary statement. This briefing is intended to help them meet this requirem...

New guidance for community and hospital pharmacists19 January 2012NHS Employers and PSNC have published new guidance showing how the New Medicine Service and post-discharge medicines use reviews can be used to provide a seamless care pathway for patients who transfer from hospital to the community setting. Hospit...

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