Revealed: Impact of virtual GP consultations on pharmacies | Pharmacies doing a million consultations per week

View in browser Download the Pharmacy Magazine App to access your learning anytime, anywhere ANALYSIS Revealed: Impact of remote GP consultations on pharmacies Virtual GP consultations are causing a massive spike in pharmacy workload and sparking patient safety concerns, an exclusive survey shows. Read more Pharmacy Magazine Talking Pharmacy podcast An exclusive interview with PSNC's Simon Dukes talking about pharmacy's funding crisis, the latest state of play with negotiations and why contractors should stop offering services for free. Listen now NEWS, FEATURES & OPINION Pharmacy conducts 1m consultations a week but more evidence needed A report published by the PSNC today shows pharmacies in England carry out one million consultations each week. Read more Counter assistant awarded £15k in age discrimination case A pharmacy counter assistant who was fired after a flare-up of her arthritis has been awarded over £15,000 by an employment tribunal. Read more Gonorrhoea cases increased 26 per cent between 2018 and 2019 The number of cases of gonorrhoea increased by 26 per cent between 2018 and 2019. Office-based pharmacists provide remote support during Covid-19 Office-based pharmacists have been working closely with GPs to provide patients with remote consultations. Webcast survey Pharmacy Magazine and P3pharmacy are launching a brand new webcast programme. To make this programme work for you, we'd like to know your thoughts and opinions on when best to schedule these live events. This shouldn't take longer than 2-3 minutes. SPONSORED Confident pet health conversations Learn 3 key steps to having more confident conversations with customers about pet health products. MOST READ ONLINE Most pharmacies to be loss-making within four years Three quarters of English pharmacies are on course to be loss-making in four years unless the sector receives an urgent funding boost, a report finds. Superdrug uses robots for new medicine pouching service Superdrug has launched a new automated medication pouching service, using a dispensing robot to assemble patients' pills. Pharmacy Magazine is part of the Pharmacy Network, a learning system developed and operated by Communications International Group, the UK's largest provider of community pharmacy learning content. To complete any of the training modules in the newsletter, please ensure you are a registered member of www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk Unsubscribe   Ι  Contact  Ι  Privacy Policy  Ι  Become a Member