Health Minister announces new medicines management
framework Rosie Winterton, Health Minister, announced a new
medicines management framework for hospitals in England while addressing
the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Harrogate on 17 September...more
NPSA issues consultation document on prioritisation
of workload The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has
launched a consultation document on prioritisation of its workload...more
UKPPG Prereg project award The United
Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy Group (UKPPG) is launching a pre-registration
pharmacist award. Applicants must have undertaken their preregistration
year between 2001 and 2004...more
NHS Ethnic leadership conference Black and minority ethnic staff will be encouraged to progress into senior management roles in the NHS at a conference, “Breaking through: black and minority
ethnic leadership” in Birmingham on 15 October...more
Pharmacogenetics report “Pharmacogenetics: ethical issues”, has been published by The Nuffield Council on Bioethics...more
Payment by results consultation paper A
consultation paper on the introduction of payment by results to health
care providers has been produced by the Department of Health...more |
Targeted support packages A range
of targeted support packages that can be commissioned by health care
organisations are being launched by the National Prescribing Centre (NPC)...more
Pharmacist supplementary prescribing position
statement A position statement on pharmacist supplementary
prescribing has been launched by the United Kingdom Psychiatric Pharmacy
Group and the College of Mental Health Pharmacists...more
Call for new National body to accredit specialist
pharmacists A national body is needed to provide accreditation
for specialist pharmacists working in all fields and to oversee a national
career path, Graham Davies, academic director of clinical studies, school
of pharmacy, University of Brighton has suggested...more
Pharmacy overlooked in NHS knowledge and skills
framework The NHS knowledge and skills framework (KSF), which
forms part of “Agenda for change” makes little reference
to pharmacy practice or medicines, according to Tony West, clinical director
and chief pharmacist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London...more |
