EXCLUSIVE

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's director for England will take to Twitter tomorrow to field readers' questions on the society's plans to employ more pharmacists in GP surgeries.

Howard Duff will join a representative from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) on Twitter from 2pm tomorrow (July 16) to debate NHS England’s commitment to spend £15m on moving 250 pharmacists into GP practices.

Readers can share their views on the scheme – which will involve one senior pharmacist and five clinical pharmacists installed in pilot sites across England – by using the hashtag #PharmsinGPs.

NHS England announced the scheme earlier this month. Pharmacists labelled it a “positive step”, but warned that the commissioning body must continue to develop the community sector.

You can join the debate at www.twitter.com or via your Twitter app.