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.