Sam Falconer talks about community pharmacy prescribing in Scotland, the need for more funding and hope for the future
Scottish Health Commentary
What can Scotland learn from British Columbia’s approach to overdose deaths?
Part of the answer to mounting drugs-related deaths in Scotland lies in grassroots charities, community groups and experts with lived experience taking a lead role, a Canadian substance use researcher says. Professor Bernie Pauly of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research was in Scotland last week to speak at a Dundee harm reduction […]
Pharmacy Anywhere’s Highland success
“We started with a problem”, Clare Morrison, who is clinical health lead at NHS Highland, explains. “NHS Highland is a remote and rural health board, it covers 40% of the landmass of Scotland yet only has 8% of the population so it is a large area which is sparsely populated, and this really brings a couple […]
Why the public should be health data research partners
Professor Sarah Cunningham-Burley on what the public has to offer health data research. Big data looms large in every part of our lives – and health is no different. Using data from the NHS and other sources, scientists can monitor drug safety, improve patient wellbeing and look for connections between behaviour and health outcomes. […]
In data we trust: The changing face of Scottish healthcare
Recent developments in the Scottish health data landscape. While it seems unlikely the words of British economist, Ronald Coase, will ever lose their relevance in politics – “torture the data, and it will confess to anything” – we are in an age where the mantra that “data is king” is spreading. The […]
Scottish community pharmacy financial package announced
This week the Scottish Government have confirmed the 2019/2020 financial package for community pharmacy. The settlement has now been put in place on a 1-year community pharmacy funding package to cover the financial year 2019-20. Highlights of the 2019-20 settlement include the following: The remuneration Global Sum will be reset for 2019-20 at […]
