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Governments could increase the cost of patient care if they fail to keep pharmacy funding at a sustainable level, the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) has warned. The group... |
 Business Pharmacy businesses are facing their worst time "by far" as independent contractors struggle to stay afloat by working longer hours, injecting capital into their businesses and reducing staff, Avicenna CEO Salim Jetha has warned. |
 Daily digest From NHS reforms to the PIP breast implant scandal, the National Health Service once again finds itself in the spotlight, writes Isobel Smith |
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Northern Ireland Pharmacy negotiators in Northern Ireland have rejected government proposals to give the sector £8m as total compensation for cuts it imposed in 2011. |
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Northern Ireland Health committee chair Michelle Gildernew lambasted the country’s chief pharmaceutical officer, Norman Marrow, when he claimed Northern Ireland funding was “very favourable” compared to the funding for Scotland and England on a population basis. |
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New medicine service Pharmacy support groups warn that, unless the payment structure is simplified, the service could be abandoned |
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Business October's £39m category M clawbacks the final straw for many contractors as tightening economic pressures force more and more to sell up |
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Northern Ireland The Northern Ireland High Court ruled that the government had not followed the correct consultation process before making the cuts, which represented a 33 per cent slash to pharmacy funding. |
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Prescription payment Contractors in England have less than a week left to request a recheck of their prescription payments with NHS Prescription Services (NHS PS), PSNC has warned. |
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NHS reforms Pharmacy Voice warns that NHS managers may look to pharmacy services to make quick wins to save money |
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A government review of health and social care in Northern Ireland has recommending a stronger role for pharmacy in community health promotion and service provision. The review, unveiled by the... |
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Multiples Lloydspharmacy and the Co-operative Pharmacy have offered relocation packages to pharmacists struggling to find jobs in Northern Ireland. |
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Practice Pharmacy must receive funding to help patients care for themselves, NPA chief executive Mike Holden has said. Pharmacists were promoting self-care "day in, day out", Mr Holden argued, but were not being adequately remunerated for that role. |
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Practice GPs must turn to community pharmacy to help them maintain the quality of patient care in the face of "intense pressure" on doctors' funding, PSNC has said. |
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Northern Ireland AAH and Numark join pharmacy leaders condemning the Northern Ireland government for "turning is back on pharmacy" |
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Northern Ireland Funding cutbacks have forced Northern Ireland pharmacies to slash jobs as many struggle to pay bills, Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland has said. |
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Practice Pharmacies should move away from high streets and increase their presence in GP surgeries, GP and Bracknell MP Phillip Lee has said. Mr Lee said he "couldn't understand" why there wasn't a pharmacy in every GP practice in a speech at the Safety Express coalition summit on October 12. |
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Northern Ireland NPA chair Bharat Patel tells triennial NPA dinner that Northern Ireland pharmacy funding cuts are unacceptable and calls for cost of service inquiry |
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Scotland Pharmacists in Scotland will have to "step up the pace" following an overhaul of the country's pharmacy payments system, a contractor has warned. |
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C+D Conference 2011 Pharmacy businesses are struggling to deliver a quality service to patients within the current contractual framework and a radically new approach to funding is needed, industry experts have said at a Dragons’ Den debate at the C+D Keynote Conference. |
 As the sector battles Stormont in the courts over funding cuts, Emma Weinbren asks how long Northern Ireland can last with a £40 million pharmacy funding hole |
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 With England's pharmacy contract unravelling, has the sector blown its chances of a prosperous future, or is there a last hurrah, asks North-East London LPC secretary Hemant Patel I am troubled by... |
 Blog Looming budgets and funding toolkits are enough to give any doctor a panic attack, writes Dr Livingstone. But it turns out they may not be as fair as we first thought |
 News Blog Deputy editor Jennifer Richardson offers a peek behind the scenes in the run-up to the C+D Keynote Conference at next month’s Pharmacy Show |
 Funding furore In an exclusive interview with Chemist+Druggist PSNC chief executive Sue Sharpe answers reader questions about the latest contract funding deal |
 As C+D's campaign for improved accuracy and transparency in prescription payments completes its fifth month, Emma Weinbren explains what C+D has uncovered so far, and why the sector now needs to... |
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RB Pharmacist : Nothing is going to happen because all multiples care about is keeping profit growing. and probably there will not be oversupply of pharmacists becaus
Mark Collins : It is right and proper that pharmacy contractors should challenge LPCs to be fit for purpose in the future NHS Commissioning Structure. As an LPC Chie
Nick Hunter : Rajive, if only more contractors thought like you instead of sticking their heads in the sand all of our lives would be easier and we could make some
Sachin Badiani : We are represented by Kent LPC. And they do a cracking (good) job. They are in the process of getting contractors to form an LLP (Limited Liability P
John McArdle : I can sense John's frustration clearly and share it ! it's even worse in Northern Ireland, and it would be fantastic if we could get everyone to stand
Rajive Patel : I would also like to add, that the environment is now competitive. This means I need to compete with my peer contractors as well as other willing pro
Rajive Patel : Nick, your suggestions are honorable at best and naive at worst. As we evolve along the new health agenda and indeed the transitioning implementation
Sanjay Shah : Wholeheartedly agree with Cllr Jones... I bet he ruffled a few feathers!!! Influencing CCGs must be the priority for LPCs, but as I found out recentl
Nick Hunter : Rajive, I'm not sure where you practice and hope as a result of your comment your LPC makes contact with you. I agree LPCs need to develop to meet t
D S : I would appreciate if readers who mark the posts with a "Thumbs down" vote, to atleast post something that has made them to vote so. This would help t
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D S : Expect some big banter from some leading members of LPC's here. All the LPC's do, in my view, is duplicate the correspondance and work done by someone
Stephen Eggleston : GPs are only objecting becuse they see us as providing them with competitioin for services which previously they had the monopoly over. The only way t
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Gerry Diamond : I think the point is that many OTC medicines give an endless list of contraindications to cover themselves. And when the phone goes after selling some
Gerry Diamond : Hello Clive, I accept your point but we need solutions and that means dialogue, identifying training needs and acting supportively to optimise results
Gerry Diamond : Very good article that demonstrates Boots' commitment to NHS and the pharmacy profession showing leadership in the community pharmacy sector.