Responsible for Pharmacy Policy and Strategy for NHS England. Views my own.
Joined June 2012
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18 Sep 2025
Really important that patients, patient groups, general practice and pharmacy teams, negatively impacted by the current system where a pharmacist cannot supply a suitable alternative without a new prescription, respond to this consultation.
18 Sep 2025
Pharmacists are crucial to our 10 Year Health Plan and today we are launching a consultation on enabling them to dispense alternative medicines if a prescription isn't available.
Common sense healthcare; good for pharmacists, patients, and the community.
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3 Dec 2024
Antiviral use ‘authorised’ from today for Flu
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6 Nov 2024
Baroness Heather Hallett, chair of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry, has thanked pharmacists for their “superb work” during the coronavirus pandemic
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5 Nov 2024
Did you know pharmacies have carried out more than one million blood pressure checks this year, helping people aged 40 to understand their readings?
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1 Nov 2024
@TonyAvery1 presenting the the @rcgp @rpharms Repeat Prescribing Toolkit.
#NationalOverprescribingReview
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Important toolkit for all parts of the system to implement to improve medicines safety.
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16 Oct 2024
Grab a sandwich and join @HealthInnovNet @NHSBSA_ePACT2 for our last Polypharmacy Prescribing Comparators Webinar on 14th Nov for 2024 - helping GPs and Pharmacists identify patients at potential risk of harm from multiple and/or combinations of medicines events.weahsn.net/TheHealthI…
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15 Oct 2024
Discover why repeat prescribing needs improving as Clare Howard, RPS Fellow and lead clinical author of our Repeat Prescribing Toolkit shares expert insights on reducing risks in systems and practical steps for lasting change: bit.ly/4dPFjQn #PatientSafety @clarehm123
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8 Oct 2024
A huge thank you to everyone who helped us develop this toolkit and get it to publication. Incredible contribution from the working group including wonderful patients in supporting this @rcgp @rpharms repeat prescribing toolkit. rpharms.com/rptoolkit
8 Oct 2024
We’ve launched The Repeat Prescribing Toolkit in collaboration with @rcgp. With 77% of prescriptions in England being repeats, it will improve patient safety and care, streamline workloads and reduce medicines waste.
Read more: bit.ly/4ePP7un #PatientSafety
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4 Oct 2024
We've launched the Community Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Programme, to help grow & develop the pharmacy workforce. Applications for funding close on 13 Oct, please see the contractors' guidance for more details: hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/fil… @liz_fidler @APTUK1 @NHSE_WTE
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1 Oct 2024
‘Stop supplying immediately’: Pfizer recalls anaemia drug over 'fatal events'
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Professionals have been urged to stop supplying #Oxbryta “immediately” after new data revealed “an unfavourable imbalance” of “fatal events” and “acute painful crises”
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10 Sep 2024
NHSE to fund 530 community pharmacy technician #apprenticeships
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@NHSEngland chief pharmacist @davidwebb_1 has announced a big boost to funded training places for #pharmacytechnicians in community #pharmacies at the @APTUK1 annual conference
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29 Aug 2024
This is excellent news - thank you to everyone involved for your support with this programme: england.nhs.uk/long-read/upd… @wasimbaqir @AnneJoshua01 @ComPharmEngland @rpharms @NPA1921
29 Aug 2024
Today we have written to ICBs with an update on the Independent Prescribers Pathfinder Programme having procured a clinical system which will allow 'pathfinder' sites to generate prescriptions via the NHS Electronic Prescription Service. Find out more england.nhs.uk/primary-care/…
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6 Aug 2024
Cohort 7 of the fully funded Chief Pharmaceutical Officer's Pharmacy leaders development programme is now open for applications from pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in senior roles in any sector of practice #CPhO #pharmacyleaders cppe.ac.uk/skills/pharmacy-l…
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29 Jul 2024
The Pharmacy Quality Scheme has focused for the past few years on identifying people collecting excess SABAs and referring them for asthma review and ensuring they have PAAP. england.nhs.uk/wp-content/up…
28 Jul 2024
Asthma: effect of excess short-acting β2-agonist (SABA) inhaler prescriptions on healthcare resource utilisation bjgp.org/content/74/745/374
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25 Jul 2024
Results from a study of almost 100 people suggest that the role of a community falls pharmacist is ‘effective and cost-efficient’ in optimising medicines for older patients #polypharmacy #communityfallspharmacist #medicinesoptimisation buff.ly/4cVq1tJ
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17 Jul 2024
We're recruiting!
Regional Senior Pharmacy Integration Lead
Open to registered #pharmacy professionals to provide #leadership for the regional delivery of the Pharmacy Integration programme and Primary Care Access Recovery Plan in #London.
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5 Jul 2024
📢Join the SPS team!
We're looking for a senior pharmacist to join us in a split role across our Medicines Advice & Medicines Use and Safety Team
Closes 10 July
Click⬇️for more info & to apply
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2 Jul 2024
1 Jul 2024
Renal Pharmacist, Cathy Pogson, shares her advice on applying for pharmacy-led grants and how this can help in your career.
Find out more about our collaborative drive here: bit.ly/3KbRTwW
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20 Jun 2024
Pregnancy Prevention Programme for topiramate
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5 Jun 2024
Legislation allowing Pharmacy Techs to supply and administer medicines via PGD - 26 June 24
Human Medicines (Amendments relating to Registered Dental Hygienists, Registered Dental Therapists and Registered Pharmacy Technicians) Regulations 2024 (legislation.gov.uk)
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