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Pharmacy Leadership in Wales
Regional Roadshows
Swine flu - health protection advice for community pharmacists
Online reporting system for swine flu antivirual side effectds
Decriminalisation of dispensing errors
Report of first Non Medical Prescribing Symposium
Response to the Draft Pharmacy Order Consultation
Applicants invited for the second Leadership Programme for Wales
Waste Medicines Campaign Success
Welsh Pharmacy Board Election
Prospectus for a new Professional Body
The report of the inaugural meeting of the cross party group on Pharmacy has now been published. The Group facilitated by the Welsh Directorate of RPSGB held its first meeting in February, bringing together Assembly Members (AMs) and those with an interest in pharmacy.
Click here for the report of the meeting.
Click here for a quick guide to Cross Party Groups in Wales.
Key facts for community pharmacists - information has been prepared by the the Welsh Pharmacy Board and the National Public Health Service for Wales to provide community pharmacists in Wales and their staff with a
summary of Welsh Assembly Government and UK guidance on the swine flu vaccination
programme.
Information regarding the WPB Election is available on the RPSGB website.
We are now seeking applications for the second pharmacy leadership programme. The deadline for receipt of applications is 4pm on Monday, 23 November 2009.
Click here for further information and an application form.
Building on the success of previous member events, a series of evening roadshows will be held in October in three venues across Wales to provide Welsh pharmacists with the opportunity to have their say on the future of the new professional leadership body. For the Board, the roadshows are a step towards gaining a greater understanding of the expectations of the profession, not only in relation to the Board, but also in terms of its vision for the leadership body in Wales.
This is your opportunity to make your voice heard - come along and join in the debate.
Mid & West Wales |
The Halfway Inn, Carmarthen |
Thursday, 1 October (buffet 6.30pm for 7.30pm start) |
South Wales |
RPSGB Office, Cardiff |
Thursday, 8 October (buffet 6.30pm for 7.30pm start) |
North Wales |
Faenol Fawr Hotel, St Asaph |
Thursday, 22 October (buffet 6.30pm for 7.30pm start) |
Health protection advice for community pharmacists working in Wales has been drafted by the National Public Health Service for Wales in partnership with the Welsh Pharmacy Board, RPSGB.
Suspected side effects to swine flu antiviral medicines can now be reported to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) via a new dedicated webpage (www.mhra.gov.uk/swineflu).
The online system is based on the highly successful Yellow Card Scheme and is designed to make completing a report quick and easy for the public as well as healthcare professionals. This will assist the MHRA in efficiently monitoring the safety of the swine flu antiviral medicines, Tamiflu and Relenza, as their use increases during the swine flu pandemic.
MHRA Director of Vigilance and Risk Management of Medicines, Dr June Raine, said Tamiflu and Relenza are acceptably safe and most people will not suffer any side effects.
Letter from Health Minister regarding distribution of antivirals in Wales
(2 Jul 09)
The Welsh Pharmacy Board have produced a briefing on decriminalisation of dispensing errors that has been sent to the Health Minister and to the AMs.
Click here for the briefing paper.
The report of the first symposium of its kind on independent prescribing in Wales is now availalbe. The event was jointly hosted by the RPSGB Welsh Pharmacy Board and the Royal College of Nursing Wales and took place on 27 April 2009.
Click here for further details.
The Department of Health have today published the Pharmacy Order Consultation Report http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Responsestoconsultations/DH_100891
Thisis a critical step as the Order will establish the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) which will be the new regulator for Great Britain’s pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises in 2010. A total of 195 full responses were received to the consultation as well as specific responses to the issues of restricted titles and non-practising register.
Key issues in the consultation report include:
The draft Pharmacy Order now has to be finalised before it is laid in the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments. The next stages will include the Constitution Order, which will give the detail of the composition of the Council, and completion of the work which has begun to develop the rules and standards of the GPhC under the Order. The Society will have the opportunity to comment on the Constitution Order and the rules and standards once they are published for consultation.
We are now seeking applications for the second pharmacy leadership programme.
Click here for further information
Pharmacists in West Wales have joined forces with GPs and their Loal Health Boards in launching a campaign to reduce the amount of wasted medicine. Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire LHBs are leading the initiative as health chiefs reveal wasted unwanted medicine is costing the NHS in West Wales £1.5 million a year.
Welsh Pharmacy Board member, Richard Evans gave several interviews to highlight how important it is for patients to speak to their pharmacist before stopping a medicine, and to only order what they need on repeat prescription.
In a move that represents one of the most significant changes ever seen in the leadership of the pharmacy profession, the Transitional Committee has published The New Professional Body for Pharmacy - the Prospectus, the culmination of an extensive open and independent consultation process involving thousands of individuals and their organisations.
The prospectus is available in both English and Welsh - click here to view