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With the Society and the profession facing some of its biggest challenges and opportunities in its history, it is essential that members are aware of current developments. The Board will be holding three events across Wales to exchange views on current topics.
At all events a buffet will be available from 6.30pm. For catering purposes, please can you inform the office if you are attending.
2 October 2008 - 7.30pm - RPSGB Office, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Cardiff
13 October 2008 - 7.30pm - Feanol Fawr Hotel, St Asaph, Denbighshire
21 October 2008 - 7.30pm - Ivy Bush Royal Hotel, Carmarthen
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The Public Health Strategic Framework for Wales is currently in development and to support this the Welsh Pharmacy Board has submitted a briefing paper to each of the Strategy Working Groups.
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Agreement has been reached on competency and training frameworks to support the delivery of enhanced services under the community pharmacy contract. This will ensure that pharmacists are accredited to deliver these services across Wales, regardless of the area in which they undertake their training.
The services covered are:
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The winners of the Pharmacy RX Factor were announced at the British Pharmaceutical Conference dinner on Sunday 7 September.
The competition, the first of its kind, attracted over 70 entries and has successfully identified four faces of pharmacy across Britain to support the Society’s national consumer media campaigns in 2009.
Six finalists attended the Welsh auditions in Cardiff on Thursday, 21 August and Elen Jones was announced as the winner for Wales.
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First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM was one of the first visitors to the Welsh Pharmacy Board’s exhibition at the National Eisteddfod of Wales last week.
Mr Morgan was opening the festival’s Science and Technology Pavilion where the Welsh Pharmacy Board, working in collaboration with the ABPI, the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Penn Pharmaceutical Services Ltd and Asthma UK, held a week-long exhibition. The exhibition highlighted the science that underpins pharmacy and pharmaceutical products and included a world leading development in painless injections being pioneered in Cardiff.
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Painless injections, how drugs work and how tablets are made are just a few of the things that pharmacists will be showing visitors at Wales’ largest festival this August. The Welsh Pharmacy Board has enlisted the support of members in Wales to demonstrate aspects of the work of pharmacists at the Wales National Eisteddfod in Cardiff from 2 – 9 August 2008.
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The Welsh Pharmacy Board responded to the Welsh Assembly Government’s consultation on changing the structure of the NHS in Wales, welcoming the direction on travel set out in the proposal and highlighting a range of issues that need to be considered as we move towards the end of the internal market, and a more co-operative and collaborative approach to service delivery.
Board response to proposals to change the structure of the NHS in Wales
Marc Donovan was elected as the new Chairman of the Board at the Board meeting on 2 July 2008. Marc, who was Vice Chairman of the Board since its inception in January 2007, takes over from Peter Jones. Peter Jones was elected as Vice Chairman.
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The Welsh Pharmacy Board has submitted a paper to inform the Welsh Assembly Government’s review of health services in rural areas. The paper collated information on aspects of medicines management and access to services delivered through pharmacies and by pharmacists in rural areas and the potential for future development.
Pharmacy: Helping to deliver the rural health plan
The Welsh Pharmacy Board has responded to the consultation on the draft
of the Welsh Assembly Government’s 10 year strategy which sets out the
national agenda for tackling and reducing the harms associated with
substance misuse in Wales.
Board response to the draft Substance Misuse Strategy
The Welsh Directorate organised a stand at the tobacco control conference held on 28 & 29 April 2008 in Cardiff. A briefing was produced for the delegtate packs that highlighted the role of pharmacy in supporting people who want to stop smoking.
The role of pharmacy in smoking cessation
Sexual health is a 'hot topic' in Wales at the moment and in preparation for a Welsh Assembly Government plenary discussion on the subject , an e-news bulletin was sent out to all Assembly Members' and their researchers. Subsequently, the debate focused mainly on community pharmacy's role in Chlamydia testing. Following on from this, the Welsh Directorate have developed a briefing paper on the role of pharmacy which has been forwarded to key opinion formers in Wales.
The launch of the Welsh Assembly Government’s service implementation plan ‘Designed to Improve Health and the Management of Chronic Conditions on Wales – Service Implementation Plan 2008 – 20011’ in February 2008 provided an ideal opportunity to highlight the role pharmacists can play in chronic conditions management.
A new resource document produced by the Welsh Pharmacy Board, RPSGB, ‘Pharmacy and Integrated Chronic Conditions Management in Wales – a summary of published evidence and practice examples’ draws together examples of innovative practice and demonstrates how pharmacy is able to support the delivery of improved services to those whose role it will be to deliver the action plans.
New guidance has been issued by the Welsh Assembly Government to inform and support relevant healthcare professionals and organisations in implementing changes to the record keeping requirements for Controlled Drugs (CDs) required by changes made to ‘The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001’. The guidance also informs and supports relevant healthcare professionals and organisations in implementing changes required to the format of the Controlled Drugs Register and the headings/titles of the columns used to capture the mandatory fields of information. The guidance takes effect from the 1 February 2008.
Guidance
Safer management of Controlled Drugs (CDs): Changes to record keeping requirements