NEWS
NEW COMMUNITY PHARMACY PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
WITH THE CURRENT TRANSFORMATION OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES, SOME EARLY YEARS PHARMACISTS IN SCOTLAND ARE TAKING UP ROLES WORKING WITHIN THE MULTI-PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN
GP PRACTICES TO SUPPORT PERSON-CENTRED CARE. Recently, it had become obvious that a nationally-recognised competency framework would be useful to provide structured and supported training for early career pharmacists entering community pharmacy practice.
Now, new structured training will be available to early years pharmacists throughout Scotland thanks to the
Dr Rose Marie Parr (Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Scotland), Professor Harry McQuillan (Chief Executive Officer, Community
new NHS Education for Scotland (NES) Vocational Training (VT) Foundation Programme: the first of its kind in GB to provide training specifically aimed at community practice.
Pharmacy Scotland) and Aileen Bryson, Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Practice and Policy Lead for Scotland were all in attendance as Professor Anne Watson, Postgraduate Pharmacy Dean, NES, officially launched the new programme at an induction event for new trainees from all sectors.
The overall NES VT Foundation Programme pilot, launched with the integration of additional community pharmacy specific competencies, will allow support early career pharmacists in Scotland across all sectors in a structured career pathway with a nationally-recognised training programme.
Sixty new pharmacists have recently A WARM WELCOME FOR FIRST RPS LOCAL COORDINATORS!
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Scotland (RPS) has held its first team- building day for its newly-appointed local coordinators.
Jill Cruickshank, an RPS member and an independent Coaching and Development Consultant, facilitated the activities throughout the day. The coordinators also recently took part in a social media workshop and interactive sessions outlining their vision for the future of the RPS local engagement model.
The RPS local coordinators in Scotland
are: Andrew Carruthers (Glasgow & Clyde); Craig Notman (Fife); Fiona McElrea (Dumfries & Galloway); Giovanna DiTano (Lothian); Ian Duncan (Tayside); Lauren Gibson (Lanarkshire); Lesley McArthur (Forth Valley); Lola Dabiri (Grampian) and Lynne Thompson (Ayrshire & Arran).
There are still RPS local coordinator roles vacant in the Borders and the Highlands areas and any members, who are interested in applying for these roles, should contact Annamarie McGregor on
annamarie.mcgregor@
rpharms.com.
MENTAL HEALTH TAKES CENTRAL STAGE AT PHARMACY CONFERENCE
A conference, which will consider the increasing role pf pharmacy in the management of mental ill health, is to take place in Stirling on 21 November.
Pharmacy Management, which already hosts the annual Forum for Scotland, will bring together professional and policy leaders with patients and researchers to examine the role of pharmacy in meeting the growing demand for services and delivering the Scottish Government’s new Mental Health Strategy.
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Breakout sessions will cover a range of topics including how community pharmacy can be equipped to deal with the increased expectations of people with both acute and long term mental illnesses. There will also be a focus on medicines optimisation and adherence amongst people whose illnesses lead to them living chaotic lives.
The event will be free for pharmacists.
For more information visit
pharman.co.uk/events.
joined the training programme and will be working in and across sectors.
‘I am absolutely delighted that we have made this step forward in developing a structured training programme for early years pharmacists,’ Professor Watson said. ‘Within Scotland this aligns with a programme that has supported new hospital pharmacists for many years and more recently for those working in primary care. It will also allow a much more `flexible workforce`, which will support the profession in meeting the demands on healthcare. We plan to robustly evaluate the use of the overall Foundation Programme in this early phase.’
Turn to page 14 to read more about this new, cross-sector foundation programme.
Standing (l-r): Annamarie McGregor, Practice Development Lead; Andrew Carruthers (Glasgow & Clyde); Lesley McArthur (Forth Valley); Giovanna DiTano (Lothian); Lynne Thompson (Ayrshire & Arran) and Ian Duncan (Tayside). Seated (l-r): Lola Dabiri (Grampian), Craig Notman (Fife) and Fiona McElrea (Dumfries & Galloway).
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