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The pharmacy technicians building bridges across sectors

The Pharmacist

A group of pharmacy technicians at a south coast primary care network (PCN) have been building bridges between community pharmacy, 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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Inclusion of pharmacy technicians in New Medicine Service considered

The Pharmacist

Discussions have taken place over the inclusion of pharmacy technicians in the delivery of the NHS New Medicine Service, according to Hammaad Patel, national pharmacy integration lead at NHS England.

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New training for pharmacy technicians to launch in September

The Pharmacist

Places are available for up to 840 pharmacy technicians to apply for new fully funded training launching in September. The training aims to enable community pharmacy technicians to take on responsibility while more pharmacists train as independent prescribers.

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PGDs for pharmacy technicians will make community career ‘more attractive’

The Pharmacist

Expanding pharmacy technicians’ scope of practice, including by allowing them to use patient group directions (PGDs), is expected to increase the attractiveness of a career in community pharmacy, the president of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) has told The Pharmacist.

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Dr Bruce Warner retires as deputy CPhO

The Pharmacist

Colleagues within the sector have thanked him for his work, including for championing the clinical role of community pharmacy and integrating pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within GP practices. The deputy chief pharmaceutical officer (CPhO) for NHS England, Dr Bruce Warner, has retired today.

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Hypertension service must use approved IT system from this week

The Pharmacist

From 1 September community pharmacies will be required to use an approved clinical IT system to record clinical details and payment claims for the NHS hypertension service. And all claims for August must be submitted manually through MYS by Tuesday 5 September.

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Candles lit in Lithuania to mourn loss of pharmacist profession

The Pharmacist

People in Lithuania have placed lit candles outside community pharmacies to symbolise mourning, after parliamentarians voted to allow remote supervision – a move that campaigners fear would spell the death of the pharmacist profession.