Political News Archives | Dispensing Doctors' Association

February 12th 2024

Gray replaces Matheson as Scottish health secretary

Neil Gray has been appointed health secretary in Scotland, following the resignation of Michael Matheson ahead of a report into a £11,000 data roaming bill. According to reports, Matheson initially charged the bill to his parliamentary i

February 9th 2024

Geographical narcisissm. Urbansplaining

Geographical narcissism. Urbansplaining. These are terms for when people in cities tell people in rural areas what is good for them – and we need to stop doing that. Those were the words of BMA Scotland chair Dr Iain Kennedy speaking to the&nb

February 7th 2024

More patients refuse prescriptions because of cost

More than a third of pharmacists (35%) said they have seen an increase in patients declining prescriptions in the last 12 months. In a survey by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and others: 90% of respondents have seen cases where patients declin

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January 31st 2024

Scotland acknowledges rural GPs' contract concerns

The Scottish Government has acknowledged rural practices’ GP contract concerns, a debate has heard. In a meeting Edward Mountain (Con, Highlands and Islands) told the Scottish Parliament: “It is clear that the 2018 contract has not worke

January 23rd 2024

Pharmacists revise position on prescribing and dispensing by same healthcare professional

Practice aligns with patient-centred care The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has revised and updated its position on the separation of prescribing and dispensing or administration of a medicine by the same healthcare professional in response to

December 20th 2023

Scottish EPS rules out dispensing GPs from initial scope

Dispensing GPs only "likely to be included in future iterations" Scottish EPS developers have given only guarded assurances that dispensing GP practices will be included in the programme. The DDA has been told that dispensing GPs are not within the

December 19th 2023

NHS Wales to look at additional support for dispensing GP EPS

Investment and support on the table Work is ongoing to identify additional support for the roll out of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) in Welsh dispensing GP practices. In an NHS Wales primary care EPS programme update, dispensing GPs are