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The Long Term Illness Scheme (LTI) covers 16 conditions with medicines and appliances automatically approved as listed under the ‘Core Lists’. These can be accessed here. This page also contains lists of Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) codes of approved items. Patients may be approved for items within an ATC group that are not on the […]
As advised last week, our short-term strategy is focused on entering talks with the government to seek an increase in our core dispensing fees. To support this strategy we have today publicly called on Minister Donnelly to begin substantive talks with us as a matter of urgency (see press release here). The following are among […]
The IPU is continuing to work hard both through our public political work (such as attending the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee recently) and behind the scenes to ensure that the Minister for Health and HSE understand the pressures on community pharmacy and act to resolve them. The Executive Committee of the IPU met last week, […]
As communicated last week, NIAC (National Immunisation Advisory Committee) has advised that an additional COVID-19 booster dose of an mRNA vaccine is recommended this spring for those: aged 70 years and older; living in long term care facilities for older adults; and aged 5 years and older with immunocompromise associated with a suboptimal response to […]
NIAC (National Immunisation Advisory Committee) has advised, that an additional COVID-19 booster dose of an mRNA vaccine is recommended this spring for those: those aged 70 years and older; those living in long term care facilities for older adults; and those aged 5 years and older with immunocompromise associated with a suboptimal response to vaccination. […]
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) have published a report on vitamin D recommendations for people aged between 5 and 65 years in Ireland. The publication discusses how people aged 5 – 65 years can achieve optimal vitamin D intakes for long term health. In addition to advice regarding food sources the report also […]
Medicine shortages are extremely problematic at present across a number of key lines both on POMs and on OTC products. We have been in contact with both the HPRA and the HSE to discuss this issue and are continuing to advocate for the introduction of protocols for therapeutic substitution by pharmacists. We are monitoring the […]
Last year the IPU established a Pharmacy Workforce Group with the purpose of looking at solutions that could potentially be introduced to ease the workforce pressures currently being experienced in community pharmacies. Actions taken during this year were: Workforce survey: The survey was issued to all IPU members last March 2022. The survey report contained […]
The upcoming budget must take steps to address the underfunding of Ireland’s community pharmacy sector, the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU) has said. An impossible trend has set in, according to the IPU, where pharmacists are having to provide more services to the state and dispense more medicines to patients than ever before, but the payments […]
(BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Principles and Practice for Pharmacy Technicians) Overview The IPU Pharmacy Technician Course is a two-year ‘distance learning’ course for pharmacy staff who work in the dispensary. This course leads to a BTEC Level 3 Diploma which is accredited by Pearson International. The comprehensive course, which is delivered and managed by […]
