Hospital Pharmacy Europe

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Its most recent workforce wellbeing survey also revealed that inadequate staffing was affecting wellbeing for 70% of pharmacy professionals, with just 35% of pharmacists able to take their breaks. How representative was the 2024 RPS wellbeing survey? And just 34% of pharmacists reported enjoying their work down from 52% last year.

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PQA

DECEMBER 15, 2023

PQA is working with its members and the broader medication therapy management (MTM) community to build consensus on the research, measurement and strategies needed to evolve our national approach to evaluating MTM service quality. PQA invites your comments on a draft call to action through Friday, January 12, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.

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PQA

MARCH 22, 2024

Have you made your plans to join us at the 2024 PQA Annual Meeting, May 14-16, in Baltimore? Evaluating Community Pharmacy Quality The Community Pharmacy Enhanced Service Network (CPESN) special purpose network, CPESN Health Equity, is currently using the Choose My Pharmacy system across their entire membership.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When it came to hospital pharmacy in particular, the RPS highlighted the continuation of the Hospital Pharmacy Transformation programme and positive developments relating to aseptic services. Investment in aseptic services and development of hub sites has made steady progress to allow ‘spades in the ground’ in 2024,’ the report said.

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PQA

MARCH 8, 2024

Offering Resources to Implement Point-of-Care Testing The National Community Pharmacists Association and National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations have developed a new guidance document to help community pharmacy teams with their point-of-care testing services. "A prior to the PQA Leadership Summit.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The majority of respondents practiced in community pharmacy (38%) and hospital pharmacy (28%) settings, with other represented pharmacy sectors including general practice (12%), academia or education bodies (5%), commissioning organisations (4%), and mental health services (3%).

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PQA

DECEMBER 1, 2023

-- Melissa Viscovich, PQA Chief Operating Officer Leveraging Trust to Improve Health Equity Outcomes A recent RxE2-sponsored pilot project sought to understand the feasibility of documenting health-related patient race and ethnicity information at the community pharmacy. Learn more in the Member Resources Library.

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PQA

APRIL 5, 2024

The 2024 PQA Annual Meeting is less than six weeks away, and we are excited to welcome you all back to Baltimore! Addressing Pharmacy Deserts McKesson is launching Project Oasis, a new initiative aimed at advancing health equity for at-risk populations in underserved communities. Don't miss out! Register today!

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The Checkup by Singlecare

JULY 2, 2024

In fact, prices can vary by hundreds of dollars between pharmacies—even when they are in the same town, according to a Consumer Reports survey. A study published in 2022 found “significant price variation in community pharmacies.”

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is seeking feedback from hospital pharmacists on its green guide to making professional pharmacy practice more environmentally sustainable. To support the documents, in spring 2024 the RPS will launch a Greener Pharmacy Toolkit, allowing pharmacies to self-accredit their sustainability status.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JUNE 23, 2023

For instance, the report, ‘ Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance 2019-2024 ‘ set a target to reduce UK antimicrobial use in humans by 15% by 2024. Consequently, attempts to increase antibiotic use – as with the pharmacy trimethoprim scheme – would not only thwart this target but potentially increase antimicrobial resistance.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

AUGUST 21, 2023

A new standardised Medical Licensing Assessment (MLA) is set to be introduced in 2024, and will be required for all UK and international medical graduates. A community pharmacy survey undertaken in 2021/22 found that community pharmacists contacted prescribers to discuss 1.3% of antibiotics prescriptions issued.

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PQA

JULY 11, 2024

The guide was designed to spark conversation and foster collaboration between community pharmacy organizations, pharmacists and health care payers. Loren Kirk, PQA’s Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, managed the task force and development of the action guide.

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PQA

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The conversation highlights the importance of community partnerships and innovative approaches to bridging the gap between research and the community. The project is a pilot credentialing program for community pharmacists that aims to increase access to CGM and improve diabetes care.

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PQA

JANUARY 29, 2025

A barrier to successful dispensing is poor communication between pharmacies and patients to identify social needs and health disparities. The Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network (CPESN) in Missouri developed an initiative to enhance SDOH screening by utilizing community health workers to provide SDOH support.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 13, 2025

Re-Hale , which is currently ongoing in collaboration with NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board, has seen the introduction of an inhaler recycling scheme within the East Kent area to collect unwanted inhalers using local drop-off collection sites, including acute trusts, primary care and community pharmacies. 2024; 85: 1-9.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JANUARY 6, 2025

But then our pharmacists began to be included in the vaccination programmes in countries where they never have been included before, such as France, but also in community pharmacies, which before had only offered flu vaccinations like in Germany where it had been unthinkable that pharmacists would do that, as only doctors had the allowance.

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PQA

APRIL 18, 2024

The upcoming 2024 PQA Annual Meeting's poster session will showcase 23 quality improvement and research projects. Sponsored by Pharmacy Quality Solutions, this session offers authors a platform to exhibit their work and enables attendees to engage in insightful discussions about healthcare quality.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

JULY 9, 2024

Graduating with a first-class BSc in pharmacy in 1999, he completed pre-registration training in community pharmacy before returning to QUB School of Pharmacy for his PhD in pharmaceutics.

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Hospital Pharmacy Europe

AUGUST 22, 2023

After finishing his degree here, he undertook his pre-registration in a busy community pharmacy in a deprived area of east London. One of the most valuable lessons he learnt from this experience was the importance of communication. ‘As He has continued to strive to be the best at what he does ever since.

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PQA

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Rare disease pharmaceutical treatments require an additional layer of expertise of a specialty pharmacy, in addition to much greater staff education, patient and manufacturer interaction, and clinical coordination.

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