Newly Qualified Pharmacist Prescribers Service Vision Survey

Pharmacist undergraduate training is undergoing implementation of reforms to the pharmacy degree and foundation/pre-registration training year to ensure pharmacists join the register with the skills and knowledge required to support current and future clinical services. As part of this, independent prescribing training has been integrated into undergraduate courses. Pharmacists who qualify and join the professional…

New BTS/NICE/SIGN Asthma Guidelines Webinar

NICE recently published new guidelines Asthma: diagnosis, monitoring and chronic asthma management found here. Two webinars were held to introduce the new guidelines and provide information about implementing them. These new guidelines were a collaboration of BTS, NICE, and SIGN, and jointly published by all three organisations. Webinar 2 – Management of chronic asthmaManagement of newly diagnosed asthma using the new guidelines…

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Multiprofessional Differential Attainment Toolkit

The Multiprofessional Differential Attainment toolkit was developed by the NHS England Professional Support Unit, in collaboration with the Workforce, Training & Education Directorate, and stakeholders from NHS Providers and Higher Education Institutions from across London. The toolkit was derived from the Differential Attainment Toolkit for Doctors at the request and support of the Pan London…

Inhaler disposal campaign

Inhalers account for 3% of the NHS carbon footprint due to the potent greenhouse gases in pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs). If disposed of in domestic waste, they may end up in landfill, releasing any remaining greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Additionally, the plastics from inhalers cannot be recycled through domestic recycling systems.  Returning inhalers…

Heidi Health

Heidi is a free scribe that writes your notes and documents just like you, saving you time, effort and headspace. This means no more typing during consultations or wracking your brain to remember the multiple problems. Heidi supports clinicians to focus on the patient, while she picks up the admin work. Heidi is GDPR and…