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The government has called on pharmacists and GPs to persist with the roll-out of the electronic prescription service (EPS) as part of its drive to improve IT across the NHS. In an NHS IT... |
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West Berkshire council leader and community pharmacist Graham Jones has questioned whether LPCs will be fit for purpose in the new NHS. Pharmacists would need to make the most of local contacts... |
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The British public should put an end to its "anti-business" attitude and back government measures to cut corporation tax, Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina has said. Speaking at... |
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Pharmacists, wholesalers and patients have urged the government to "show greater leadership" and implement cross-party proposals to tackle stock shortages "as a matter of urgency". ... |
 Business Alliance Boots has seen another year of double-digit growth, with revenue soaring by 18.4 per cent to £23 billion and trading profits up 12.4 per cent, despite the “challenging economic environment” and a drop in UK dispensing income. |
 The All-Party Pharmacy Group has published its report into stock shortages [May 15] and C+D reporter Melanie Hall went along to yesterday's press briefing to find out what happens next |
 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 |
 If we are to highlight best practice successfully, then members of the UK medicines supply chain must work together, writes BAPW executive director Martin Sawer |
 Are you 110 per cent fed up with workplace catchphrases such as “proactive” and “action-focused”? Emma Weinbren looks at workplace clichés and how to tackle them |
 The pharmacy jobs market is in trouble, experts agree, but what's causing the over-supply of pharmacists, and is it such a bad thing? James Bloodworth reports |
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