Penny Mordaunt slams 'unacceptable' pharmacy provision following closures
Prescription waits of over an hour caused by pharmacy closures are “not acceptable”, the leader of the House of Commons has admitted.
PDA: Pharmacy technician qualification levels ‘too low’ to handle PGDs
The PDA has raised “safety” concerns with MPs about allowing pharmacy technicians to supply medicines under PGDs.
‘It’s a minefield’: Why I want to offer dental services next to my pharmacy
Pharmacist Mohamed Fayyaz Haji has plans to offer dental and phlebotomy services in consultation rooms next door to his pharmacy, he told C+D.
Priti Patel: Pharmacies should be used as ‘social prescribing hubs’
The former secretary of state has suggested that pharmacies “utilise their own buildings” to offer a social prescribing service.
Liverpool council reports 'concerning' 9% drop in pharmacies since 2022
The Liverpool Health and Wellbeing Board will publish a “supplementary document” to monitor pharmacy provision after the city saw an almost 10% drop in the number of pharmacies since 2022, it has revealed.
UPDATED: Pharmacy First fee claim deadline delayed again over IT issues
The deadline for contractors to submit February Pharmacy First payments claims has been extended for a second time, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has told C+D.
RPS launches new project to tackle medicines shortages
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has announced that it will head up a new medicine shortages advisory group due to meet “later this month”.
Pharmacy First threatens independents with ‘financial deficit’, warns NPA chief
New services are leaving contractors chasing “their tails” amid concerns about a continued “surge of closures”, NPA chief executive Paul Rees told C+D.
Pfizer’s COVID-19 jab available to pharmacies from March
Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine will be available for sale to the public from March, Pfizer announced on Friday February 9.
Pharmacies set to nab £2.50 fee uplift for ‘potential’ spring COVID-19 boosters
A possible COVID-19 spring booster campaign would see pharmacies paid an additional £2.50 per jab, NHS England (NHSE) has announced.
UK’s first private pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine service launched today
Community pharmacies are set to pioneer the UK’s first private COVID-19 vaccinations, C+D has learned.
PDA: Pharmacy technician qualification levels ‘too low’ to handle PGDs
The PDA has raised “safety” concerns with MPs about allowing pharmacy technicians to supply medicines under PGDs.
CMA merger inquiry clears Pharmacy2U purchase of LloydsDirect
LloydsDirect will be subsumed into Pharmacy2U, after the competition authority issued its approval following a merger inquiry.
‘Highly concerning’: Hydrocortisone manufacturers' £100m fine overturned
Manufacturers that hiked hydrocortisone prices by 10,000% and paid off competitors will not have to pay “nearly £100m of fines” after a successful appeal, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has ruled.
PDA: Pharmacy technician qualification levels ‘too low’ to handle PGDs
The PDA has raised “safety” concerns with MPs about allowing pharmacy technicians to supply medicines under PGDs.
‘It’s a minefield’: Why I want to offer dental services next to my pharmacy
Pharmacist Mohamed Fayyaz Haji has plans to offer dental and phlebotomy services in consultation rooms next door to his pharmacy, he told C+D.
Priti Patel: Pharmacies should be used as ‘social prescribing hubs’
The former secretary of state has suggested that pharmacies “utilise their own buildings” to offer a social prescribing service.
Pharmacist appointed new chair of GPhC board of assessors
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has appointed Dr Mat Smith as its new board of assessors’ chair.
GPhC proposes new three-tier system to register overseas pharmacists
Pharmacists trained in “similar” countries like Australia, New Zealand and Ireland could register after 3-4 months, according to new proposals from the GPhC.
Boots trainee pharmacist pay set to increase by up to a third year on year
Pharmacy trainees working for Boots will get a year-on-year pay increase of up to 29% in April, the multiple and the pharmacy union have agreed.
Penny Mordaunt slams 'unacceptable' pharmacy provision following closures
Prescription waits of over an hour caused by pharmacy closures are “not acceptable”, the leader of the House of Commons has admitted.
PDA: Pharmacy technician qualification levels ‘too low’ to handle PGDs
The PDA has raised “safety” concerns with MPs about allowing pharmacy technicians to supply medicines under PGDs.
Priti Patel: Pharmacies should be used as ‘social prescribing hubs’
The former secretary of state has suggested that pharmacies “utilise their own buildings” to offer a social prescribing service.
PDA: Pharmacy technician qualification levels ‘too low’ to handle PGDs
The PDA has raised “safety” concerns with MPs about allowing pharmacy technicians to supply medicines under PGDs.
‘Another missed opportunity’: Sector reacts to spring budget
The Chancellor’s spring budget includes £2.5 billion “additional” funding for the NHS, but sector leaders have criticised the lack of “specific relief for community pharmacies”.
Sector bodies launch manifesto calling for ‘expanded’ Pharmacy First service
Sector leaders have joined forces to launch a new election manifesto calling for an expansion to the recently launched Pharmacy First service.
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