| App launches for health services in Islington ... of the NHS Islington Clinical Commissioning Group, Dr Gillian Greenhough, urged patients to visit a pharmacist for “expert advice on common conditions such as allergies, skin conditions and emergency contraception” or a GP if they “have an illness or injury that won’t go away but isn’t an emergency” The app can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play. Date: 06-01-2015 Categories: • News • Pharmacy Practice • Primary care update |
| Labour launch public health pledges ... health and community orientated services, not only smoking cessation and giving supported lifestyle advice. I think community pharmacy can take part in sexual health, not only chlamydia and emergency contraception but pharmacists could be contracted to deliver oral contraception services.” Date: 21-01-2015 Categories: • Latest News • News • Pharmacy Practice • Practice and policy • Primary care update |
| Brain tumour risk associated with long-term contraceptive use ... al contraceptive for more than five years has been linked to an increase in a rare brain cancer. Hormonal contraceptives are widely taken by women worldwide, and include injections, implants and oral contraception. Scientists in Denmark used data from health registers to find 300 women between the ages of 15 and 49 diagnosed with glioma from 2000 to 2009. Research team leader, Dr David Gaist, downplayed the in ... Date: 22-01-2015 Categories: • News • News in Brief • Pharmacy Practice |
| Epilepsy drug linked to development disorders ... children exposed to valproate during pregnancy, in addition to the already well-known risks of birth defects. “If valproate is the only option, women of childbearing age should be given effective contraception. Women taking valproate must have regular reviews of their treatment. “It's important no one stops taking valproate without discussing it first with their GP.” Date: 26-01-2015 Categories: • News • News in Brief • Pharmacy Practice |
| Pharmacy “crowded” out of important conversations ... th at Trafford Council, Abdul Razzaq at the Westminster Social Policy forum on tackling health inequalities. “Pharmacist provide healthy living pharmacies, health services such as emergency hormonal contraception, chlmaydia services, NHS checks, and smoking cessation advice. “They have to build upon these excellent foundations to be seen as a key point of access instead of GP and A&E services. “NHS Engla ... Date: 05-02-2015 Categories: • News • Pharmacy Practice • Practice and policy • Primary care update |
| Bridging the divide: sex and religion - contraception ... th differing religious views and sexual lifestyles means you need an open mind, often putting your own opinions and beliefs to one side. Today, sex and relationships therapist Emma Ziff advises on contraception and religion. Come back each day this week as we delve further into the interplay between sex and religion. contraception and religion Many clients will be in a dichotomy about how to be tru ... Date: 07-12-2015 Categories: • News |
| Bridging the divide: sex and religion - abortion Yesterday sex and relationships therapist Emma Ziff put contraception in the hot seat. Today the sensitive subject of abortion and faith is put under the microscope. Abortion and religion There have always been many different views on abortion and not just from a ... Date: 08-12-2015 Categories: • News |
| Bridging the divide: sex and religion - infertility So far this week we have studied faith views on contraception and abortion. In today’s instalment sex and relationships therapist Emma Ziff scrutinises IVF and infertility. Infertility, IVF and religion Many pharmacists have asked me about IVF and religio ... Date: 09-12-2015 Categories: • News |
| Bridging the divide: sex and religion - circumcision We’ve covered contraception, abortion and infertility. Today sex and relationships therapist Emma Ziff looks at the interplay between faith and circumcision. Circumcision for religious reasons Although I don’t see it caus ... Date: 10-12-2015 Categories: • News |
| Bridging the divide: sex and religion - FGM ... ts and beliefs. Make sure that you have done everything you can within the scope of your ability as a pharmacist and that you are familiar with religious guidelines to sexual health issues such as contraception, abortion, infertility, IVF and circumcision, and what treatments there are based on their individual needs. This will also demonstrate a mutual respect and they will appreciate your acknowledgmen ... Date: 11-12-2015 Categories: • News |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: Numark HLP Resources; Closures; Leading Scientist Dies; Male Contraceptive Pill; Sexual Health Clinic; Menopause ... he Yorkshire Building Society at the junction of Bank Street and Broadway. It would be run by Batley-based social enterprise Locala, which was last year awarded a public health contract to deliver contraception and sexual health services across the Bradford district. The facility would be built in vacant office space on the second floor of the five-storey concrete building. There would be a pharmacy, ... Date: 14-03-2016 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: New Derby Pharmacy; Dishonest GP; Statins; Norovirus; Specialised Services ... The Derby Street Pharmacy, in Hanley, welcomed its first customers yesterday following a nine-month refurbishment of The New Inn. It provides over-the-counter prescriptions, flu jabs and emergency contraception, as well as reviewing how patients take medication. The launch comes as cuts are planned to pharmacy provision, which Healthwatch Stoke-on-Trent fears could lead to the closure of a third of North ... Date: 27-04-2016 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: Boots GP Panic; Charity Cheque; Community Pharmacy Wales; Morning After Pill; Pregnant Smoking Solution; Fizzy Drinks ... Family Health Service Authority member and a Local Health Board non-executive member. British women pay five times more for morning-after pill than rest of Europe The average cost of emergency contraception for women in the UK is up to five times more than in France, the Daily Mail reports. British women pay an average of £28 for the morning-after pill, while in France it is just £5.40. And there ... Date: 09-05-2016 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: Pharmacy Closures; HLPs; Drug Wastage; NHS 'Busiest' Year ... aper versions which are in pharmacies across Bucks. Pharmacists have accused the government of failing to recognise the extent of the services they offer, which include flu vaccinations, emergency contraception, chlamydia testing and smoking cessation services. Planned cuts could close 1 in 5 Bucks pharmacies https://t.co/QF22ihBYvY — Bucks Free Press (@bucksfreepress) May 12, 2016 Pharmacy given accre ... Date: 13-05-2016 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| Women over 25 being cut off from emergency contraceptive service Women over the age of 25 are the most affected by upper age limits for access to free emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) from their pharmacies, according to research by a contraception think tank. Fifty-seven of 152 (38%) councils in England confirmed that upper age limits for free EHC access were in place in ... Date: 13-12-2016 Categories: • Latest News • News • Services |
| GPhC consults over pharmacists discriminating against patients on religious grounds ... 2017. The proposed guidelines will focus on the interest of the patient rather than the professional in circumstances where their beliefs might impact on their ability to provide services such as contraception or substance misuse. The proposed changes were prompted by feedback the regulator received from its consultation on standards for pharmacy professionals, and reflect the relevant legal framework o ... Date: 13-12-2016 Categories: • Latest News • News • Practice and policy |
| Boots apologises after EHC pricing storm, but still no promise to reduce cost Boots has issued an apology after refusing to lower the cost of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) led to a media storm, including a Labour party letter signed by over 30 MPs. The apology, published on the multiple’s website on Friday, highlighted its ‘poor choice of words’ when stating i ... Date: 26-07-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Why is there such a mismatch between pharmacy services and local health needs? ... ead inconsistency in areas where key public health services are being offered in pharmacies, according to a report published in the British Medical Journal. It found that four services – emergency contraception, smoking cessation support, supervised methadone and needle and syringe programmes – are commissioned by over 90% of local authorities. However, the proportion of pharmacies commissioned to delive ... Date: 03-08-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Are you ready for a rise in OTC sales? ... t item, but less so in the case of an elderly patient with genuinely disabling arthritis. Besides, we’ve seen recently how prohibitively priced OTC treatment can be, as any cash-strapped emergency-contraception-seeking woman will tell you. Meanwhile, we just have to muddle on through – pinning our hopes on pinned-up notices saying, ‘Please don’t ask for OTC treatment as refusal may offend.’ Or provoke a ... Date: 18-08-2017 Categories: • Views |
| Boots rolls out cheaper EHC drug following media storm Boots will roll out a cheaper generic alternative to leading emergency contraception drug levonorgestrel – retailing at £10 less than the branded version, it has announced. The health and beauty giant yesterday (31 August) announced that the generic version of levonorgestrel was r ... Date: 01-09-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Why pharmacists must make the most of clinical services ... ment, healthy start vitamins for children or hair loss treatments. Another aspect to consider is the seasonal nature of certain services. Statistics have shown growing uptake of Emergency Hormonal contraception in fresher’s weeks of many universities and, needless to say, the popularities of travel vaccination and flu vaccination during their respective high times in a year. Generally, offering more serv ... Date: 12-09-2017 Categories: • News • Views |
| Where do you stand on dispensing EHC? Emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) has been available in the UK for over 30 years, so why does its supply remain a contentious issue for many pharmacists, asks Saša Jankovic? The first prescription-only combined oestrogen-pr ... Date: 11-10-2017 Categories: • News |
| More than 600 pharmacies can now treat patients with low acuity conditions ... of England. The Community Pharmacy Referral Service (CPRS) pilot enables patients seeking advice and treatment on rashes, constipation, diarrhoea, vaginal discharge, sore eye, mouth ulcer, failed contraception, vomiting, scabies and ear wax to visit 618 pharmacies across Durham, Darlington, Tees, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. ‘Important part’ Alastair Buxton, director of NHS Services at the Pharm ... Date: 13-12-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Clinical considerations when supplying emergency contraception Community pharmacists can provide women with all the advice they need, says Deborah Evans Key learning points There are several different emergency contraception options available to women. Pharmacists can help advise patients which one is best for them. Pharmacists should treat women seeking emergency contraception with respect and dignity. The woman’s ... Date: 28-12-2017 Categories: • Clinical • News • Sexual health |
| Boots UK cuts down emergency pill price Boots has cut down the price of its generic brand of Emergency Hormonal contraception (EHC) Levonorgestrel from £26.75 to £15.99. Fulfilled commitment A Boots UK Spokesperson said that last year, Boots ‘committed to delivering a less expensive EHC service to enable them to make ... Date: 30-01-2018 Categories: • News |
| EllaOne launches consultation checklist for women to feel ‘less intimidated’ buying EHC Morning after pill brand ellaOne has launched a consultation checklist card for women to fill in when purchasing emergency contraception to make the process less intimidating. The card will be rolled out across pharmacies nationwide later this month. It will feature questions for the patient with scratch off answers that ... Date: 10-10-2018 Categories: • Clinical • Latest News • More News • News |
| How to make your sexual health service stand out ... you are the first point of call Community pharmacy has, for many years, been involved in providing support for sexual health. We sell products ranging from condoms, lubricants, emergency hormonal contraception (EHC), sanitary goods, pregnancy and ovulation tests, herbal supplements for the menopause, treatments for cystitis and thrush and, recently, Viagra® for erectile dysfunction. Pharmacy is locally ... Date: 25-02-2019 Categories: • Clinical • Clinics |
| Commissioners must back more pharmacies to offer sexual health services, Public Health England urges ... s of how community pharmacy can promote sexual health. Pharmacy provision of such services is ‘variable’ across England, PHE said, with 47% of pharmacies commissioned to provide emergency hormonal contraception (EHC), 28% commissioned to provide chlamydia screening/treatment and just 9% commissioned to provide free condoms as of 2014/15. Without input from pharmacies, patients seeking sexual health servi ... Date: 25-03-2019 Categories: • More News • News • News in Brief |
| On my patch – Wales: ‘There is still that mindset that it’s all about GPs’ ... past 10 years? The development of our role clinically, moving from a dispensing role to a clinical services role. We’ve seen the nicotine replacement service (NRT) service, the emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) service and we were one of the pilot sites for the minor ailments service that’s subsequently been rolled out across Wales. We’ve been doing that for about five years now. What are ... Date: 23-07-2019 Categories: • Interviews • News • Views |
| Community pharmacy ‘central’ to delivering Birmingham’s sexual health services ... rvices to increase access to sexual health services and at the same time reduce pressure on clinics. They could bid to provide either a tier one service, which is more basic and includes emergency contraception, condoms, a sexually transmitted infection kit ‘click and collect’ service and chlamydia screening. Alternatively, pharmacists could provide a tier two service, which is more comprehensive. Out of ... Date: 23-08-2019 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| Commission more national community pharmacy services, urge pharmacy bodies ... ly commissioned for delivery in community pharmacies including: Further vaccination services, such as hepatitis or human papillomavirus (HPV) A smoking cessation service Emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) provision Routine monitoring for patients taking oral contraception when they collect repeat prescriptions Date: 15-10-2019 Categories: • News |
| Morning after pill should be available ‘off the shelf’ without pharmacist consultation, says report ... pharmacist, a report has recommended. The ‘Better for women’ report, published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) yesterday (2 December), called for emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) to be made more accessible. It said: ‘The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should ensure that oral EHC is reclassified to the general sales list to enable it to be ... Date: 03-12-2019 Categories: • Clinical • News • Sexual health |
| The EHC emergency has become apparent once again An anonymous contractor shares why emergency contraception should be easier to get in pharmacies The issue of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) has once again reared its head in the media. A report published last week by the Royal College of Obste ... Date: 09-12-2019 Categories: • Opinion • Views |
| Burnt out contractor: ‘I can’t do this anymore’ ... ients I want to, because I’m trying to get them out of the door before the next busload of people come through the door for the community pharmacist consultation service, flu jabs, emergency hormonal contraception or needle exchange. Let’s not forget that in between all of this I’m still trying to check the bundles of prescriptions sent electronically, which the doctors said would be ready as soon as the p ... Date: 14-01-2020 Categories: • Opinion • Views |
| Sexual health service: 'It's rewarding - both professionally and financially' ... xual health services to bid for the chance to do so. Attwood Green is now one of 40 pharmacies delivering a ‘tier two’ sexual health service. This involves providing free condoms and emergency contraception, but also starting people on the contraceptive pill, supplying testing kits for sexually transmitted infections, and administering the contraceptive injection, Mr Inechi says. ‘Novel service’ ... Date: 28-01-2020 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Women's health |
| Sexual health: 'We make an average of £2,000 per month from offering this service' ... rovider, to deliver the service, and we were one of the first few pharmacies to take it on. At the time Umbrella was piloted, back in 2015, we were getting lots of enquiries for free emergency contraception. However, due to the transition from the old Primary Care Trusts to Clinical Commissioning Groups, new pharmacies were not given these services, so we weren’t able to offer it. The Umbrella se ... Date: 27-02-2020 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Women's health |
| Setting up a sexual health service: 'We wanted to be a forward-thinking pharmacy' ... ng pharmacy that was not only dispensing, but also the first port of call for any medical needs. The Umbrella service launched in 2015 and commissions pharmacies to provide tier one (emergency contraception and condoms) and tier two (contraceptive pills and injection, chlamydia treatment and the supply and initiation of STI kits) sexual health services across the city. We’re part of a group calle ... Date: 20-03-2020 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Women's health |
| Video consultation pilot launched in community pharmacies across Wales ... pandemic, to restart services that had to stop because of social distancing restrictions. Community pharmacies will be able to use the video calls to provide advice for common ailments, emergency contraception services, conduct Discharge Medicines Reviews and give support to people who want to stop smoking. The service will also be piloted in dental practices and opticians across the country. Ministe ... Date: 09-07-2020 Categories: • Covid-19 • Latest News • News |
| Women's health: Offering an emergency hormonal contraception service Sanjay Doegar says his pharmacy has been able to help a lot of women and young people by offering the locally-commissioned emergency contraception service. Service type: Emergency hormonal contraception. Name of pharmacy: Ruislip Manor Pharmacy, Hillingdon. Name of pharmacist: Sanjay Doegar. Why did you start offerin ... Date: 03-08-2020 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Women's health |
| Women's health: 'I try to be competitive on both the price and quality of our services' ... service based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the PGD, to help give me an idea of who would be suitable. I go through this with the patient and if it is appropriate we supply. Oral contraception This is for women who have not been able to get their prescription or get to the doctor, so it’s a simple case of repeating what they can take. We can’t initiate contraception; they’ve got to ... Date: 05-08-2020 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Women's health |
| Chlamydia screenings fall in pharmacies as more young people turn to online services ... ide funding for more community pharmacies to offer sexual health services including Chlamydia and HIV testing. As of 2014/15, only 47% of pharmacies were commissioned to provide emergency hormonal contraception (EHC), 28% commissioned to provide Chlamydia screening and treatment and 9% commissioned to provide free condoms. Find out how to make your sexual health service stand out here. Date: 04-09-2020 Categories: • Clinical • Latest News • News • Sexual health |
| Emergency contraception: 'We've used phone calls to keep this service going during Covid' Helen Whittaker, support pharmacist at The Pharmacy Galleria in Pensnett, Dudley, talks to Saša Jankovi? about running an emergency hormonal contraception service. Service type: Emergency hormonal contraception (EHC). Name of pharmacy: The Pharmacy Galleria, Pensnett, Dudley. Name of pharmacist: Helen Whittaker. Why did you ... Date: 08-10-2020 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Women's health |
| Emergency hormonal contraception service: 'It’s a way of engaging with a different age group' ... comfortable providing it then you should supply it. We've also spoken to Helen Whittaker, a support pharmacist at The Pharmacy Galleria in Pensnett, Dudley, about running an emergency hormonal contraception service. Date: 28-10-2020 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Women's health |
| Community pharmacy intervention helps increase use of effective contraception, study finds Allowing community pharmacists to supply women with a course of the progestogen-only pill along with emergency contraception [EC] increases overall use of effective contraception, a study has found. A study published in The Lancet (14 November) looked at the long-term impact of pharmacies supplying women who needed EC w ... Date: 16-11-2020 Categories: • News |
| FSRH backs future model of pharmacists providing more contraceptive services ... The faculty made the statement in response to a recent study, which found that allowing community pharmacists to supply women with a course of the progestogen-only pill (POP) along with emergency contraception (EC) increases overall use of effective contraception. The study, published in The Lancet last month (14 November), looked into the long-term impact of community pharmacies supplying women with an ... Date: 09-12-2020 Categories: • News |
| CCA: ‘Using new technologies should be in every pharmacy’s business plan’ ... person consultations. The Covid pandemic has enabled pharmacies to engage with remote care, from phone calls organising deliveries for shielding patients to video-consultations for emergency hormonal contraception. In Scotland, the NHS Near Me programme shows a potential future for embedding these new technologies in everyday practice. From apothecaries working with natural remedies, to chemist and druggist ... Date: 04-01-2021 Categories: • Opinion • Views |
| Government launches consultation on reclassifying two progestogen-only pills ... ls. The consultation comes after a study published in the Lancet in November 2020 found that enabling pharmacists to supply women with a course of progestogen-only pills along with emergency contraception (EHC) increased overall use of effective contraception. At the time, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) said it backed a model where more pharmacies provided contraceptive se ... Date: 15-02-2021 Categories: • News |
| Emergency contraception service: 'I think all pharmacists should offer this' ... harmacist at Selbys Pharmacy in Lindfield, West Sussex, tells to Saša Jankovi? why continuing to run his EHC service has been so important during the pandemic. Service type: Emergency Hormonal contraception (EHC) supply. Name of pharmacy: Selbys Pharmacy, Lindfield, West Sussex. Name of superintendent pharmacist: Jagjeet Singh Why did you start offering this service? When we ... Date: 01-03-2021 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Women's health |
| Scottish pharmacists call for more involvement in vaccination programmes ... rral pathways. Sexual health role The document also called for a bigger role for community pharmacy in sexual health provision throughout Scotland after the ‘success’ of the emergency hormonal contraception service. The manifesto states there were almost 100,000 emergency hormonal contraception supplies delivered through community pharmacy in Scotland, which equates to four out of five supplies given ... Date: 03-03-2021 Categories: • News |
| Reclassification of two progestogen-only pills from POM to P ‘great opportunity’ for pharmacy ... pharmacy. Pharmacist Thorrun Govind said that she is keen that ‘women are better supported with their sexual health’. ‘We need to appreciate that women have busy lives and they need access to contraception which supports that,’ she said. She also highlighted that if the reclassification was to go through, we would need to make sure there were ‘proper review strategies in place. ‘If we are alread ... Date: 04-03-2021 Categories: • News |
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