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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 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.
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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.
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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 May 2009 four unreserved places for elected pharmacists will become vacant on the Welsh Pharmacy Board. Further details and the candidate pack are now available, click here.
All nominations must be received by the Returning Officer by the deadline of noon on Friday 27 February 2009.
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