| Managing cancer patients in community pharmacy ... ves links to sources of information on these medicines[7]. Safety issues There are concerns over the safe management of anticancer medicines in secondary care[8]. The National Patient Safety Agency (Npsa) issued an alert to all healthcare professionals in January 2008 entitled Risks of Incorrect Dosing of Oral Anticancer Medicines[9]. The report highlights the potential for fatal outcomes if incorrec ... Date: 01-05-2009 Categories: • Services |
| Community pharmacist awarded Bpsa honour A director at Alliance Healthcare has been awarded honorary life membership of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa). Mike Smith, who is the UK non-executive director at the healthcare company, joked he must be “the oldest student in the UK” after receiving the prestigious accolade. Smith, who is a community ... Date: 19-04-2016 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| NHS screening programmes to adopt new tests for cervical and bowel cancer ... with diabetes for diabetic retinopathy is to be extended from one to two years. However, NSC experts have again ruled out a population based screening programme for prostate cancer. They said the psa test is ‘still a poor test for prostate cancer and a more specific and sensitive test is needed’. The changes to the bowel and cervical screening programmes have already been backed by the Governm ... Date: 09-11-2016 Categories: • Clinical • Nutrition and gastroenterology |
| GPhC could merge with other regulators, DH consultation plans indicate ... al Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) chief executive, Duncan Rudkin said: “We have been engaging constructively with the UK government, the devolved administrations, the Professional Standards Authority (psa) and the other regulators during discussions on the future of health professional regulation. "We are waiting to see the government’s full proposals in their upcoming consultation, and will contin ... Date: 08-02-2017 Categories: • Analysis • Latest News • News • Practice and policy |
| June registration exam pass rate plummets to 78% ... ate (90%) than multiple choice part 2, which was passed by just over 80% of candidates. Almost 600 people complained about the exam, according to the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa). Responding to June 2017’s pass rate, GPhC chief executive Duncan Rudkin congratulated the successful candidates, while emphasising the importance of maintaining high standards. He said: ‘I wa ... Date: 01-08-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Pre-reg exam not reflective of pharmacists’ daily practice, say students ... the assessment did not reflect pharmacists’ day-to-day practice, a student body has told the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Students told the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) that paper two of last month’s pre-registration assessment was ‘not a true nor accurate reflection of real life practice of the day-to day practice of a newly pharmacist’. The Bpsa said that some ... Date: 24-07-2018 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| June pre-reg pass rate increases to 79%, GPhC announces ... n practise safely and effectively.’ Controversy June 2018’s registration exam came under fire from some students, who told the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) that paper two of the assessment was ‘not a true nor accurate reflection of real life practice of the day-to day practice of a newly pharmacist’. In response, the GPhC said: ‘We have recently met ... Date: 27-07-2018 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Women in pharmacy: NPA chief pharmacist Leyla Hannbeck ... ers and what they are doing is something that makes me feel happy. On a personal level, my kids obviously! Q What challenges have you faced along the way? A I graduated from Uppsala University in Sweden and was practising there before I moved to the UK in 2004. When I came here, I had to learn about pharmacy law in the UK, as I wasn’t familiar with anything and had a very s ... Date: 18-10-2018 Categories: • News |
| June pre-reg exam skewed towards hospital pharmacy, say students ... n exam felt the assessment was skewed towards hospital pharmacy, a student body has told the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC). Students told the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) that ‘the assessment was more hospital themed than community, with a lack of OTC and law and ethics questions’, according to the Bpsa’s feedback report on the exam. The GPhC registration assessme ... Date: 12-08-2019 Categories: • News |
| NHS bosses call for homeopathy accreditation to be revoked NHS bosses have called for homeopathy to lose its official accreditation with the Professional Standards Authority (psa). In a letter seen by The Pharmacist, NHS chief executive Simon Stevens and NHS national medical director for England Professor Stephen Powis said last week (22 October) that they have ‘serious co ... Date: 29-10-2019 Categories: • News |
| Community pharmacies must source and supply Steroid Emergency Cards English community pharmacies must ensure they can store and supply Steroid Emergency Cards to offer as replacements to patients who lose or damage their own, NHS England has said. A ‘critical’ Nation ... Date: 20-08-2020 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| GPhC: Students can expect update on pre-reg exam ‘by next week’ ... cists with an update on the registration assessment ‘by next week’. This comes after the presidents of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) urged the body to clarify when the 2020 registration assessment will take place. The letter sent to the regulator last week (18 September) said that the ‘delay and the lack of progress updates ar ... Date: 25-09-2020 Categories: • News |
| GPhC: Pre-reg exam delayed until first quarter of 2021 ... out progress in our October update,’ the update said. ‘Act quickly to set date’ Earlier this month, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) urged the body to clarify when the 2020 registration assessment will take place after it was postponed in March following the outbreak of Covid-19. In a letter to GPhC, the bodies said that the ‘ ... Date: 01-10-2020 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| 'My award-winning idea for a drug consultation service for people with disabilities' ... disability. Service type: Drug consultation service for individuals with a disability. When did this service start? The service does not currently exist, but was my winning idea in the Bpsa Business and Enterprise Competition 2020, sponsored by Alliance Healthcare and Alphega Pharmacy. What prompted the idea for this service? The task for the competition was to come up with an inn ... Date: 04-11-2020 Categories: • Healthy living |
| Pharmacy Schools Council offers revision sessions to pre-reg pharmacists in light of 'severe disruption' to education ... In September, when the body has not provided an update on when the exam would be held, the presidents of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) urged the body to clarify when the 2020 registration assessment will take place. Date: 16-11-2020 Categories: • Covid-19 • News |
| Students who fail pre-reg exam should not be removed from register, says Bpsa Students who choose to sit the pre-registration assessment in March should not be removed from the register if they fail the exam, the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) has said. In a statement published last week, the student body urged the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to consider ‘additional adjustments’ to the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 pre-reg exams in ... Date: 11-01-2021 Categories: • Covid-19 • News |
| Almost 3,000 students to take pre-reg exam this week after months of delays ... ll believe in this progression albeit a little disheartened by the actions of the regulator.' 'Inspiration to their peers' A spokesperson for the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association (Bpsa) said the body wished all registration candidates sitting the assessment this week 'the very best of luck'. They added that the pre and prov-reg students sitting the assessment were an 'inspirati ... Date: 16-03-2021 Categories: • News |
| Impact of pandemic on pharmacy students’ education should be assessed, says psa The impact of the pandemic on the education of health and care professionals, will need to be assessed, the Professional Standards Authority (psa) has said. The recommendation was made in a report on how 10 UK health and social care regulators – including the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) – responded to the initial crisis caused by ... Date: 16-04-2021 Categories: • Covid-19 • News |
| GPhC announces 88% pass rate for first online registration assessment ... effectively. We wish the successful candidates all the best in their future careers.’ ‘An outstanding achievement’ Sean Brannen, president of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa), said the body is proud of all the candidates that sat the registration assessment this March. He said: ‘Each one of these candidates has made an incredible contribution to the profession and we ... Date: 29-04-2021 Categories: • News |
| Regulator was wrong in finding pharmacist’s words were ‘not antisemitic’, High Court says ... ined that Mr Ali’s use of the words amounted to serious misconduct. It ruled that his fitness to practise was impaired and issued him with a warning. However, the Professional Standards Authority (psa) appealed to the High Court against the GPhC’s finding that Mr Ali’s comments were not antisemitic, citing that the committee had wrongly taken into account the pharmacist’s subjective intention and ... Date: 24-06-2021 Categories: • News |
| Bpsa call for ‘urgent improvements’ to release of exam results after student death The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) has called on pharmacy bodies for ‘urgent improvements’ to be made to the way in which exam and assessment results are released to pharmacy students. This follows the death of Mared Foulkes, form ... Date: 04-11-2021 Categories: • News |
| Therapy could be given for 'less severe' depression instead of antidepressants, says NICE New NICE draft guidance has recommended that prescribers do not routinely offer patients with ‘less severe’ depression antidepressants as the first line of treatment. It said this should only be the ... Date: 23-11-2021 Categories: • News |
| RPS calls for pharmacists to begin independent prescriber training sooner ... lear that clinical practice, including IP, is what most of them expect,’ they said. Results from a survey conducted by the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association (Bpsa) suggested that over 80% (84.3%) of pharmacy students are in favour of the proposed removal of the requirements. ‘It can be concluded that most of our members feel the change ... Date: 23-11-2021 Categories: • News |
| Pharmacy regulator fails to meet three in five fitness-to-practise standards in watchdog report The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has failed to meet three out of five fitness-to-practise (FTP) standards set by the Professional Standards Authority (psa), an annual review has found. The psa — an independent regulator that oversees standards of all UK health regulators — published the review on 7 February, which assessed the GPhC on five cat ... Date: 08-02-2022 Categories: • News |
| Remote fitness-to-practise hearings to continue, says GPhC ... gal representative. The rule change comes after an annual review found the GPhC had failed to meet three out of five fitness-to-practise standards set by the Professional Standards Authority (psa). As it is the ‘third consecutive year’ the regulator has failed to meet these standards, the psa said it ‘will be monitoring the GPhC’s performance in these areas closely.' Date: 13-05-2022 Categories: • News |
| Concerns referred to Fitness to Practise committee rises by a third, says GPhC ... s. Fitness to practise ‘improvements’ The GPhC report underlined that ‘making improvements’ in its fitness to practise processes is a ‘key priority’, after the Professional Standards Authority (psa) review in February 2022 found the pharmacy regulator failed to meet three out of five fitness to practise standards. The GPhC had satisfied four psa categories, but has not met all the standards ... Date: 22-08-2022 Categories: • News |
| RPS appoints James Davies as director for England ... pharmacy are likely to be structured, and has worked across hospital and community practice. While training as a pharmacist, he was president of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) and a member of the RPSGB Education committee, and has represented pharmacy owners as policy and planning manager at the Company Chemists’ Association. Dr Davies said that it was ‘a privilege’ to ... Date: 06-10-2022 Categories: • News |
| Comparative results for three main treatment options for prostate cancer ... fully evaluate the three major treatment options for localised prostate cancer. Men aged 50 to 69 years were recruited to the study after being diagnosed with localised prostate cancer following a psa blood test and were evenly split between the two groups. In all, regardless of treatment, 97% of men survived for the 15-year study period and around quarter of the men on active monitoring had st ... Date: 12-04-2023 Categories: • Cancer • Clinical • News |
| Emerade pens recalled due to risk of device failure if dropped The government has issued an urgent recall of all unexpired batches of Emerade 500 micrograms and Emerade 300 micrograms adrenaline auto-injectors from patients, due to a risk of device failure if the pe ... Date: 09-05-2023 Categories: • News |
| Two-thirds of patients correctly identified by promising cancer blood test ... argued the current prostate cancer screening system working, saying the UK should either put in place a ‘risk-based’ screening programme for prostate cancer or make it clear people should not have a psa test without symptoms. And in April, NHS England announced that people in deprived areas are now more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer at an earlier stage, thanks to its targets screening p ... Date: 07-06-2023 Categories: • Cancer • Clinical • News |
| Prescribing pharmacists should take prescribing safety assessment, review suggests An independent review has found some support for the idea of non-medical prescribers taking the Prescribing Safety Assessment (psa), as more professionals including pharmacists gain prescribing qualifications. And it recommended a prescribing safety assessment should become standardised and compulsory for all medics practicin ... Date: 16-08-2023 Categories: • News |
| GPhC failing to deal with FtP cases quickly enough for a fifth year ... escalated concerns over the time it is taking the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) to deal with fitness to practise cases (FtP) to the government. While the Professional Standards Authority (psa) recognised the GPhC had made some improvements around its handling of FtP cases, it said it had serious concerns over the timeliness of its investigations. And this is now the fifth year in a row ... Date: 25-09-2023 Categories: • Community • In Practice • News |
| Government urged to close funding gap for pharmacy students The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) have issued a joint call to the government to allow pharmacy students to access the Learning Support Fund available to other health professionals. Under the scheme, eligible students on nursing, ... Date: 27-09-2023 Categories: • Community • In Practice • News |
| Working group to address differential attainment gap for Black trainees ... f degrees between Black trainee pharmacists and their White counterparts. The group, led by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), also involves the British Pharmaceutical Students' Association (Bpsa), the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), NHS England (NHSE), Pharmacy Schools’ Council and representatives from university Schools of Pharmacy. Following its first meeting, student representat ... Date: 09-10-2023 Categories: • Community • In Practice • News |
| UK-wide pharmacy leadership advisory board launches ... leadership. It is made up of 19 members, including the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK), British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA), British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa), College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP), Pharmacy Forum of Northern Ireland (PFNI), Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA), Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), UK Clinical Pharmacy Association ( ... Date: 23-10-2023 Categories: • Community • In Practice • News |
| NHSE aware funding for student placements ‘inconsistent’, claims minister ... have responded to pharmacy students’ calls for fair funding, Mr Day revealed to The Pharmacist. In September, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa) and the Pharmacy Schools Council wrote to health minister Will Quince to urge him to consider making financial support for travel and accommodation available to pharmacy students on clinical placeme ... Date: 30-01-2024 Categories: • Community • In Practice • News |
| Latest valproate information as new rules come into force The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA) has issued new dispensary posters, patient cards and guidance for healthcare teams as changes to valproate regulations came into effect this week. ... Date: 02-02-2024 Categories: • Clinical • Community • Mental health and addiction • News • Sexual health |
| RPS calls out ‘inertia’ as ethnicity attainment gap persists ... ing and engagement at the RPS, and Tase Oputu, chair of the RPS English pharmacy board wrote in a foreword to the report. Meanwhile, president of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (Bpsa), Nonyelum Anigbo, described the differential attainment gap as ‘an issue that continues to hold back many Black trainee pharmacists from becoming qualified’. ‘Year on year, the differential attai ... Date: 06-02-2024 Categories: • Community • In Practice • News |
| Pharmacy First: Top tips for managing shingles ... h may make the patient eligible for aciclovir, if they are still within the appropriate timescale. The BAD leaflet also recommends lidocaine 5% ointment, which can be bought over the counter, or capsaicin cream, which needs to be prescribed. 8. Try to prevent future episodes It is always worth patients being vaccinated against shingles, even after they have had one episode, and the eligibility f ... Date: 02-05-2024 Categories: • Pharmacy First |
| GPhC failing on FtP timeliness for sixth year running ... lthcare super-regulator's standards relating to timeliness of fitness to practise (FtP) investigations for the sixth year in a row. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (psa) found that the GPhC met 17 out of 18 of its Standards of Good Regulation during 2023/24. But for the sixth year running, the pharmacy regulator did not meet Standard 15 relating to timeliness of ... Date: 25-09-2024 Categories: • Community • In Practice • News |
| We should call for a new minister to improve men and boys’ health ... fuel to the fire for a long overdue national debate and ultimately, equitable policy shifts.1,2 For prostate cancer, it is curios that two distinct sets of national guidance co-exist regarding the psa (prostate-antigen) blood test. On the one hand, the National Institute for Care and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance NG131 describes psa testing in symptomatic men.12 On the other hand, the Prosta ... Date: 20-11-2024 Categories: • Clinical • Men's health • Views |
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