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Changes to allow pharmacytechnicians to supply medicines will not apply immediately and will not affect Pharmacy First, CommunityPharmacy England has confirmed.
A group of pharmacytechnicians at a south coast primary care network (PCN) have been building bridges between communitypharmacy, general practice and secondary care settings. Weymouth and Portland PCN has a population of around 78,000 people and 17 pharmacies.
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The latest workforce survey suggests a decrease in the number of qualified pharmacists and pharmacytechnicians working in communitypharmacy in England between 2022 and 2023.
Nationally negotiated patient group directions (PGDs) will need to be reviewed before pharmacytechnicians can use them to supply medicines, CommunityPharmacy England and Scotland have said.
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