Pharmacy Technicians

Pharmacy Technicians are pharmacy professionals who play an integral part in helping patients to make the most of their medicines. Pharmacy Technician roles span all areas of pharmacy practice, from the purchasing, manufacture, preparation, supply and final check of medicines; to supporting medicines use reviews and the administration of medicines.

Coronavirus

New Covid-19 guidance for PTs rejoining the register

APTUK has issued new guidance for pharmacy technicians returning to their roles during the Covid-19 pandemic.

31 Mar 2020 , 1 Min Article

PDA

Pharmacists must lead supervision reform says PDA

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has called for reform of the rules around community pharmacy supervision.

17 Feb 2020 , 1 Min Article

GPhC switches to digital registration for PTs

The GPhC has switched applications for pharmacy technician registration from paper to digital through the myGPhC system.

12 Feb 2020 , 1 Min Article

Revised PCN service specs agreed in GP 2020/21 contract

SMRs scaled back, but PCNs now funded to employ pharmacy technicians.

07 Feb 2020 , 1 Min Article

Skills

APTUK launches pharmacy technicians skills survey

Pharmacy professionals are asked to register their interest in the national survey.

15 Jan 2020 , 1 Min Article

Over a fifth of pharmacists dissatisfied in role, reveals GPhC survey

More than a fifth of pharmacists on the GPhC register who responded to a study said they are dissatisfied in their role.

09 Dec 2019 , 1 Min Article

RPS tasked with analysing pharmacy techniciansâ€™ roles

The early career report was commissioned by the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK and Health Education England.

15 Sep 2019 , 1 Min Article

RxTech day returns

Pharmacy Technician Day returns on 15 October 2019 to celebrate the important work that pharmacy technicians every day.

09 Sep 2019 , 1 Min Article

Breaking: Sandra Gidley elected RPS president

Sandra Gidley was elected president at todayâ€™s (Tuesday July 16) meeting of the RPS assembly.

15 Jul 2019 , 1 Min Article

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FtP concerns raised with GPhC up 15% on previous year

The GPhC dealt with more Fitness to Practise concerns in 2018-19, though fewer individuals were removed from the register.

11 Jul 2019 , 1 Min Article

Future-proof pilot

HEIW launch a two-year apprenticeship Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician Training Programme.

10 Jun 2019 , 1 Min Article

Vaccinations

PDA seeing first claims over pharmacist vaccine administration

The PDA is seeing the first UK cases of patients bringing claims against pharmacists over vaccination administration.

03 Apr 2019 , 2 Min Article

Boots to help pay towards APTUK membership

Pharmacy technicians working for Boots are to have half the cost of professional body membership covered.

26 Mar 2019 , 1 Min Article

The new faces of flu vaccinations

Pharmacy technicians have been at schools on the Isle of Wight to administer nasal flu vaccinations in a new trial from Boots UK.

21 Mar 2019 , 1 Min Article

Child & teen health

Technicians give children flu vaccine in new trial

Thousands of schoolchildren on the Isle of Wight had flu vaccines administered by pharmacy technicians.

21 Mar 2019 , 1 Min Article

PDA

GPhC approves fee hike but says it will review spending

A majority of respondents disagreed with the GphC’s proposals but it said the fee increase was necessary.

07 Mar 2019 , 2 Min Article

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