Zainab Hussain is the features assistant and Community reporter, having joined C+D in September 2023. Prior to this, Zainab wrote for other health publications and discovered her passion during a role which required her to directly interact with primary care patients. She enjoys voicing the concerns of pharmacists and being creative for the Community.
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The RPS is urging pharmacists working in primary care networks (PCNs) to have a greater focus on the delivery of structured medication reviews (SMRs) amid concerns they are being “missed or de-prioritised”.
Elderly patients will be eligible to receive the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine from September 1 in some community pharmacies, the government has announced.
Pharmacists face accusations they are not up to the challenge of responsibly prescribing antibiotics, and could exacerbate antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Is there any justification for this?
An NHS England (NHSE) pharmacy dean has said that new funding for PCNs available through the ARRS scheme will boost DPP numbers in preparation for 2025/26.
The chief pharmaceutical officer (CPhO) for England has applauded community pharmacy in setting up Pharmacy First amid warnings it has left the sector in “survival mode”.
The DH has announced that a medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is out of stock until next month amid ongoing shortages of drugs to treat the condition.