What is the Pharmacy First Initiative? Health leaders across England are celebrating the much-anticipated launch of the Pharmacy First service, marking a significant step forward in healthcare accessibility and efficiency. With over 90 percent of pharmacies onboard,...
The government announced that GP’s and all other practice staff will receive a 6% pay rise as recommended by the independent pay review body. The pay rise aims to address the recruitment and retention issues in the NHS. Recently, the NHS has struggled with recruitment...
On 1st June new environmental rule changes were implemented by The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). The new PSS Environment Sustainability Standards were approved by the RCVS last summer (2022) as concerns were raised regarding the impact on the...
The voluntary ‘scheme pays’ deadline for GPs to claim the NHS pension scheme support with their pension taxes has been extended until March 2023. The original deadline to claim for the 2020/21 tax year was 31 July 2022. Under the current NHS pension scheme, the...
New data has found that only 34% of adults across the UK accessed NHS dental care within a two-year period. The percentage of children seen within the same period was 44.8% (31st March 2020 – 31st March 2022). In the last full year before the pandemic started, 49.6%...
Introduction The qualifying process to becoming a pharmacist is a long journey. To become a pharmacist candidates will need to complete a four-year degree, one year of practice as well as passing the highly feared registration exam. Only after...
Almost 300,000 people are currently on waiting lists The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has found that around 600 people are joining an ever-growing waiting list each day to be assessed for care and support in England. The ADASS survey also...
Health leaders have been criticised by GP’s for pushing through contract changes without the backing from the profession. What are these changes? On 1st March, NHS England published a letter highlighting changes to the 2022/23 GP contract. There are two main...
Sheffield City Council (SCC) have this week announced that they are going to increase adult social care fees by 3.13%. The main reasons the SCC have decided to increase these fees are: The increase to the National Living Wage of 6.62% from April The additional 1.25%...
What is the Pharmacy First Initiative? Health leaders across England are celebrating the much-anticipated launch of the Pharmacy First service, marking a significant step forward in healthcare accessibility and efficiency. With over 90 percent of pharmacies onboard,...
The government announced that GP’s and all other practice staff will receive a 6% pay rise as recommended by the independent pay review body. The pay rise aims to address the recruitment and retention issues in the NHS. Recently, the NHS has struggled with recruitment...
On 1st June new environmental rule changes were implemented by The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). The new PSS Environment Sustainability Standards were approved by the RCVS last summer (2022) as concerns were raised regarding the impact on the...