Legislation is the legal enabler to support pharmacy & services realising the potential of what pharmacy technicians as registered professionals can be enabled to undertake. Regulation and professional standards provide the governance and assurance of the post registration roles.

Congratulations to Ellie Copeland, NHS D&G, who has completed the Vocational Training Foundation Programme for Pharmacy Technicians. Ellie is our first Pharmacy Technician from the acute sector to successfully complete the programme and our second overall. Well done Ellie!

If you are a Pharmacist or Technician with excellent interpersonal skills, why not apply for our Policy and Development Officer | Part Time or Policy and Project Officer role, and help shape the landscape of community pharmacy in Scotland. cps.scot/latest-news/we… #pharmacyjobs

Jennifer Laskey has been appointed Scotland’s first consultant pharmacist by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Jennifer's expertise and dedication earned her this prestigious title, listed on the RPS consultant pharmacist post directory: bit.ly/3To3JIx RPS in Scotland NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

If strategy people don’t listen to doing people their strategy is useless.

News that Department of Health and Social Care will support changes required to enable #PharmacyTechnicians to work under PGDs is a historic moment for our profession Once implemented, people will have better access to medicines as part of their pharmaceutical care in all sectors ow.ly/w3CH50R3RXj

RPS President Professor Claire Anderson supports decision to allow pharmacy technicians to supply medicines under PGDs - "This will support transformational change in pharmacy teams and pharmacist’s role into complex clinical care." More here: bit.ly/4axr80V @clairewynn

A steroid cream is out of stock. The local pharmacist has asked me to prescribe an alternative but won't tell me what's in stock. So now, I have to keep randomly guessing what to prescribe until I get it right. It's like a clinical game of battleships.

Calling #PharmacyTechnicians How are you all feeling about the change to #legislation to enable you to work with #PGDs?

The greatest leadership attribute is dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction with structural inequalities and inequities, with cultures that exclude, with status quos that privilege, with bureaucracy that stifles innovation, with processes that impede creativity, with behaviours that

Linda Henderson NES Pharmacy SCLF APTUK Very disappointing that this seems to be the case

Linda Henderson NES Pharmacy SCLF APTUK This is a missed opportunity!

"Then, I propose we postpone further discussion of this matter until our next meeting to give ourselves time to develop disagreement." Short sentence, big impact, courtesy of the General Motors CEO, Alfred Sloan, directly addressing the problem of confirmation bias, perhaps the

#PharmacyTechnicians it is a momentous day. Our time is now. President@APTUK Department of Health and Social Care #26thJune2024 #ScopeofPractice #ProfessionalDevelopment #PGDs

Letting go...

Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Gregor Smith's annual report outlines his vision to deliver better value care for patients & the health system The report considers: 🔹the climate emergency & sustainability 🔹tackling health inequalities 🔹careful & kind care ➡️ow.ly/igIt50T2YFb

Perhaps one of the best 2 minute lesson on how to fix inflation.

Welcome to our NHS Education for Scotland (NES) 2024 Scottish Pharmacy Clinical Leadership Fellows. Find out more here: nes.scot.nhs.uk/news/meet-our-…