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The Pharmacy First scheme provides professional health care advice, treatments, and medicines for common illnesses from your local pharmacy, without the need for an appointment.
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The Pharmacy First service in England allows community pharmacy teams to complete episodes of care for seven common conditions. This toolkit provides an overview of the clinical pathway and PGDs used to deliver consultations for acute sinusitis plus essential information on the assessment, diagnosis and management of this common condition.
02 Apr 2024 , 30 Min Module
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On Pharmacy First and the pharmacy contract, Rowlands Pharmacy MD Nigel Swift warned the government that "one depends upon the other."
25 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article
Multiples delivered 1,500 consultations a day collectively in the first month of the service.
19 Mar 2024 , 2 Min Article
Richard Foord told parliament that although the launch of Pharmacy First “is good in theory,” pharmacies “are on their knees".
18 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article
Pharmacists took to social media to express their concern about the apparent lack of communication from EMIS.
18 Mar 2024 , 2 Min Article
Priti Patel told parliament this week the service is giving pharmacies “new business activities that importantly keep their footfall going."
15 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article
Harry McQuillan said distance-selling pharmacies have become “a controversial issue” because Pharmacy First allows remote consultations.
04 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article
This is the latest in our series of CPD modules designed to support pharmacists to manage common conditions and deliver England’s new Pharmacy First service. It will be useful for community pharmacists responding to patients 12 years and over with acute sinusitis.
01 Mar 2024 , 20 Min Module
The Pharmacy First service in England allows community pharmacy teams to complete episodes of care for seven common conditions. This toolkit provides an overview of the clinical pathway and PGDs used to deliver consultations for acute sore throat plus essential information on the assessment, diagnosis and management of this common condition.
26 Feb 2024 , 30 Min Module
Steve Brine said his committee may recommend allowing pharmacists to provide another version of a medicine that is unavailable on prescription.
26 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
NHSE has launched its ‘Think pharmacy first' campaign. Posters and other assets are available.
22 Feb 2024 , 2 Min Article
The CCA said data was collected following "a blackbox exercise with members via PharmOutcomes."
20 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
CCA chief Malcolm Harrison was reacting to a story in Pulse last week that “a number of GPs” had aired concerns.
19 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
However, 70 per cent of NPA members who responded to the survey said they felt “under additional pressure” to deliver it.
13 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
Job posting warned of deductions for 'incomplete Pharmacy First referrals'.
09 Feb 2024 , 3 Min Article
The health minister Nick Markham also played down concerns pharmacies providing the service could be overwhelmed.
08 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
