Senate Fear of failing the registration exam is hampering pharmacy students’ ability to learn professional and practical skills during the pre-reg year, C+D Senators have warned.

Business The NPA has teamed up with online pharmacy TheHealthcounter.com to offer their independent members a range of online services, from click and collect to home delivery

Business Locum pharmacists have accused independent chain Day Lewis of driving a rates war with an online booking system that asks them for their “potential price”.

Business The independent groups will work together to provide "360-degree support" for pharmacies and members under a deal that will enable them to avoid "duplication of time, effort and cost", said Avicenna chief Salim Jetha.

Practice Pharmacy leaders have called for greater GP-pharmacist cohesion to stave off an antibiotics armageddon, after England's chief medical officer warned of a future in which antimicrobial resistance would make routine infections lethal.

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The NPA's decision to drop antibiotics from its PGD has received heavy criticism from pharmacists and prompted CPD and features editor Chris Chapman to ask whether antibiotics should be available OTC

After being put in charge of 28 stories and keeping a cool head when one was looted during the London riots, it's no wonder Jay Patel won Pharmacy Manager of the Year 2012

Awards spotlight Find out how Jay Patel, regional manager at Day Lewis, turned around struggling chain ABC and battled through the London riots to scoop a C+D Award

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Practice A PCT-commissioned scheme saw the Isle of Wight’s influenza vaccination rate climb by nearly 10 per cent, with particular success in the over-65 age group

Business Celesio UK chief Cormac Tobin (pictured) said he couldn't see any long-term benefits in selling food, claiming Boots was trying to be “a lot of things to a lot of people”, while Lloydspharmacy focused on healthcare.

Practice Rowlands Pharmacy has joined forces with charity Parkinson’s UK to offer support to sufferers through its 510 pharmacies.

Business Eight independent pharmacies and Tesco have joined the four largest multiples on a national services pilot aimed at demonstrating the "expanded role" that pharmacists can play within healthcare.

Business Sainsbury’s has set out plans to introduce its experimental healthy living programme into all of its in-store pharmacies, following the success of the trial last year.

People Boots is still one of the best big companies to work for in the UK, according to the Sunday Times' top employer list, but was overtaken this year by the Midcounties Co-operative.

Business Multiples and supermarkets will move increasingly towards providing a one-stop healthcare service, offering consumers pharmacy, dental and GP services all under one roof, retail analyst Planet Retail has forecast.

Practice A London Tesco store has agreed to look at re-training its staff after a 13-year-old was sold three packets of paracetamol in one transaction.

Business Alliance Boots has bought a 49 per cent stake in the David Ormerod Hearing Centres chain, which already runs 340 of its in-store hearing clinics.

Multiples Boots is seeking a judicial review after its appeal against PDA Union representation of its members failed, claiming employees' wider interests would not be best served at this time