The “ingrained” public “preference” for a doctor must change if Pharmacy First is to succeed, Healthwatch’s new report into the sector has warned.  

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A patient alert card is set to be issued for a “widespread” hair loss drug amid psychiatric and sexual health risks, the MHRA has announced.

The medicines regulator has said that online pharmacies pose “significant risks”, amid new survey results showing that only 18% of the public had used one recently.

The appeals tribunal has confirmed the CMA’s decision to fine a hydrocortisone manufacturer that “bought off” a potential rival.

A County Durham pharmacy has been snapped up by a locum pharmacist, despite its “limited trading hours”, a broker has announced. 

The “difficult decision” to close an Asda pharmacy branch comes after “long-term underfunding” and difficulty securing pharmacists, the supermarket has said.  

Community pharmacy’s acronym-addled register of organisations has a new entry as AIMp widens its membership to transform into the IPA.

The new private COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by Novavax and delivered for the first time in the UK by an independent pharmacy, is almost half the price of the Pfizer jab offered by Boots.

The multiple will offer private Pfizer vaccines for “32% more” than independent pharmacies, C+D has learned.  

Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine will be available for sale to the public from March, Pfizer announced on Friday February 9.

A patient alert card is set to be issued for a “widespread” hair loss drug amid psychiatric and sexual health risks, the MHRA has announced.

The medicines regulator has said that online pharmacies pose “significant risks”, amid new survey results showing that only 18% of the public had used one recently.

The appeals tribunal has confirmed the CMA’s decision to fine a hydrocortisone manufacturer that “bought off” a potential rival.

The “ingrained” public “preference” for a doctor must change if Pharmacy First is to succeed, Healthwatch’s new report into the sector has warned.  

A patient alert card is set to be issued for a “widespread” hair loss drug amid psychiatric and sexual health risks, the MHRA has announced.

The appeals tribunal has confirmed the CMA’s decision to fine a hydrocortisone manufacturer that “bought off” a potential rival.

The “number one” pharmacy training provider has been acquired by BPP Education Group, the group has announced. 

The pharmacy regulator has revealed that it will consider whether new standards for trainee and registered pharmacy technicians are needed in the sector’s “changing landscape”.

Students on the new scheme backed by £1.5 million in funding will be assigned to “experiential placement sites across London”, including care homes and mental health trusts, one London university announced. 

Community pharmacy’s acronym-addled register of organisations has a new entry as AIMp widens its membership to transform into the IPA.

The latest data from Public Health Scotland has shown that 1.6 million people accessed Pharmacy First Scotland between October 2022 and September last year.

The pharmacy negotiator has blamed the government’s "untested" changes to the April drug tariff for the lack of price concessions issued this month, which have left pharmacists wondering whether the government expects “contractors to make a loss”. 

Community pharmacy’s acronym-addled register of organisations has a new entry as AIMp widens its membership to transform into the IPA.

The pharmacy union and candidates for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) national boards have warned that the new UK pharmacy professional leadership advisory board lacks “transparency” and risks “political interference”. 

The shadow health secretary has set out his three “big shifts” in how the NHS would work under a Labour government at a panel discussion this week.