Pharmacy
SY ICS Pharmacy Workforce Strategy published in February 2024
- 4 task and finish groups established following publication to develop and deliver the objectives of the strategy.
- Working with stakeholders to understand opportunities and challenges.
- Spring pod platform launched which aims to foster an interest in a career in pharmacy from a younger age
- 5-year training numbers quantified
- University of Sheffield developing an MPharm programme planning to start taking students in October 2025
- DPP project to increase the number of designated prescribing practitioners in primary care running successfully.
- Challenges obtaining funding assurances beyond the current year.