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Financial

Health boards struggle to monitor dispensing fraud risk in Wales, says report

An Audit Wales pilot looked at potential “risks around fraud and cost” relating to “expensive items”, specials and “higher cost formulations”.

07 Jun 2024 , 5 Min Article

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Regulations

Government greenlights two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing for January 2025

Legislation to enable two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing across the UK are planned to come into effect on 1 January 2025 “to gives the pharmacy sector time to explore the relevance of the new hub-and-spoke models to their businesses”.

14 May 2024 , 4 Min Article

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Financial Management & Funding

Dispensing doctors facing ‘cashflow crisis’

Hundreds of dispensing doctor practices in England are facing cashflow problems after a sharp drop in fees.

27 Oct 2023 , 2 Min Article

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Policy

BMA: All pharmacy funding streams should be available to dispensing doctors

Dispensing GPs should have access to the same services and funding as pharmacies, says BMA

20 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Policy

OPD law changes to come into force for private prescriptions this autumn

OPD flexibility for NHS prescriptions must wait until pharmaceutical ToS updated

17 Aug 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Public health

Original pack dispensing to be allowed as Government confirms law changes

Legislation change on OPD and whole-pack dispensing of valproate medicines to go ahead

20 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Digital & technology

Electronic prescriptions near one billion per year

Ninety-five per cent of all prescriptions dispensed electronically in England in 2021-22

09 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Older people's health

Managing inappropriate polypharmacy

This module provides an overview of appropriate and inappropriate polypharmacy and its management with reference to national guidance, and also examines the role of deprescribing.

15 May 2020 , 7 Min Module

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We need to talk about specials

Lifting the lid on specials - prescribing, quality and reimbursement - and dealing with the regular headlines

21 Aug 2019 , 3 Min Article

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Medicines

Status epilepticus: why rapid, aggressive treatment is essential

In contrast to typical epilepsy seizures, untreated SE can last an hour or more, increasing the risk of serious complications.

01 Apr 2019 , 3 Min Article

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Prescribing

Specials

Improve your understanding of specials and consider the positives and negatives of dispensing bespoke medicines.

27 Mar 2019 , 2 Min Module

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Efficiency

Generic actions to reduce errors

Medicines often have similar sounding names and similar looking packaging, particularly generics. Make sure you don't get caught out.

07 Feb 2019 , 5 Min Article

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Testing times 2

PHE’s Heart Age Test sparked debate when it launched in September. So is it a useful tool or will it cause more harm than good?

13 Nov 2018 , 1 Min Article

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Digital & technology

10 things about... automated dispensing

If it feels like computers are taking over the world, it’s because they are, but there are benefits from letting hard drives do the hard work

22 Feb 2018 , 2 Min Article

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Asthma & COPD

Coughs

This Professional Assistant: Learn and Advise module focuses on coughs.

28 Nov 2016 , 15 Min Module

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Reducing the risk of dispensing errors

What is the best way to reduce the chance of dispensing errors?

07 Nov 2016 , 900 Min Module