The government has officially scrapped plans to vet all retail staff before allowing them to work in pharmacies and other shops, following a three-year campaign by pharmacy trade bodies. ...

Business Despite wide-ranging tax cuts, financial experts have warned that pharmacies will not benefit from chancellor George Osborne's budget this week.

Parliamentarians are stepping up the pressure on health ministers to come up with a solution to the supply chain problems hitting pharmacists and their patients. Nineteen MPs have now signed a...

Women using hormonal contraceptive patches and rings are at a greater risk of venous thrombosis compared with those using the combined pill, a study of more than 1.6 million women has found. ...

IT Zone The use of text message prompts as a strategy to boost medicines adherence has been bolstered by a review of evidence published in an American medicines journal.

One in five people with osteoarthritis take OTC medicines because prescription medicines fail to give them enough pain relief, a report has found, with a senior pharmacist calling the results...

IT Zone The use of text message prompts as a strategy to boost medicines adherence has been bolstered by a review of evidence published in an American medicines journal.

Rohpharm Pharmacy in Plaistow, east London, has successfully trialled a repeat medications service that enabled it to directly share information on patients' repeat prescriptions with a local GP...

Remote dispensing machines could help independent pharmacists fight off competition from 100-hour businesses, Sigma managing director Bharat Shah has told C+D. Mr Shah said independents could...

Almost one third of pharmacies in England are now ready to dispense using release two of the electronic prescription service (EPS), and more than 200,000 patients have nominated a pharmacy to...

NMS An LPC has urged PSNC to review the new medicine service after a survey of its contractors confirmed they were unhappy with the service's payment structure and are struggling with administration and patient recruitment.

IT Zone Pharmacists have told C+D that the deployment of EPS release 2 is not always smooth sailing, with 'GPs getting the gain, while pharmacists feel the pain'

IT Zone The roll out of release two of the electronic prescription service (EPS) is progressing well and system suppliers expect to make significant progress in 2012, C+D understands.

IT Zone The slow uptake of EPS release two by GP surgeries should not be an excuse for pharmacies to delay installing the system, experts warn

IT Zone LPCs have urged PSNC to work with system suppliers to integrate PharmaBase and PMR systems, warning that a failure to do so could increase workload and risk the loss of crucial data supporting the new medicine service (NMS).

A Dutch company is in talks with seven UK organisations to introduce a pharmacy dispensing machine that will allow patients to pick up prescriptions 24 hours a day, C+D has learned. ...

Almus Pharmaceuticals has added eight lines to its generics range as part of an expansion designed to "better meet the needs of customers and patients". The new lines include: 30-tablet...

Allergan has launched ‘triple-action' eye drops to treat moderate to severe dry eye symptoms. Optive Plus features new "lipid-enhancing technology" designed to prevent moisture in the eye...

Natural healthcare company Nelsons has boosted its website with the addition of interactive tools designed to make consumers more aware of their health needs. NelsonsNaturalWorld.com now...

Carnation Footcare has launched a summer-themed counter display unit for pharmacies to encourage sales of its footcare products. The stands will be available for pharmacies to display in May...

Mentholatum is supporting its Deep Relief and Deep Heat products with a TV and press advertising campaign that forms part of a £2 million spend across the Deep portfolio this year. The...

Alliance Healthcare has launched its flu vaccination programme for 2012-13, offering pharmacists delivering it the option to use vaccines from a number of different manufacturers. The service,...

AAH has launched its flu vaccination scheme for 2012-13 and unveiled an online-only training programme for pharmacists who have run the service for the past two years. The service, which is...

Manx Healthcare has launched an OTC medicine indicated to treat the symptoms of vertigo, including dizziness and nausea. Vertigon 25mg tablets contain a long-acting anti-emetic, promethazine...

Sickness and nausea relief brand Sea-Band has launched a range of products designed to soothe women’s stomachs during pregnancy.

Hothouse has boosted its St Moriz self-tan range with the addition of a travel-sized bronzing collection.

Women using hormonal contraceptive patches and rings are at a greater risk of venous thrombosis compared with those using the combined pill, a study of more than 1.6 million women has found. ...

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 NPA has urged the Scottish government to keep dispensing at the centre at its review into pharmaceutical care, calling on it to build on the sector's success and move it to a ‘supply plus...

Fitness to practise Noor Mohammed Zafar Shaikh, registration number 2059250, has been struck off the pharmacy register after refusing to pay back £26,000 in wages he wrongly received from the Co-operative Pharmacy, and "dishonestly" poaching patients while working at a separate business.

Supply chain MPs have slammed those responsible for the medicines supply chain, saying they have an “air of resignation” about stock shortages and have dismissed the problem as “either inevitable, or as having been inherited from the previous government”.

A contractor has been left more than £450 out of pocket after the Department of Health (DH) refused to reimburse him the full price for a special, despite recognising that it had made an error in...

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.

Fitness to practise Noor Mohammed Zafar Shaikh, registration number 2059250, has been struck off the pharmacy register after refusing to pay back £26,000 in wages he wrongly received from the Co-operative Pharmacy, and "dishonestly" poaching patients while working at a separate business.

Revenue at Lloydspharmacy and AAH parent Celesio has risen 2.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2012 year-on-year, with the success in part driven by "good OTC business in the UK". The company,...

Pharmacist Jyoti Patel, registration number 2039062, has been struck off the register by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) after "systematically overcharging" Asda for locum work and...

Lloydspharmacy and AAH Pharmaceuticals are to share back office facilities such as human resources and IT, in a move that is likely to cause redundancies. A Lloydspharmacy spokesperson told C+D...

Business Boots has revamped the look and feel of its pharmacies to support a new strategy that will see the health and beauty giant focusing on "condition-led care".

Boots has held a conference with 5,000 of its pharmacists and store managers to share the company's strategic vision for pharmacy and look at how the multiple can become the "number one for...

Fitness to practise Boots has defended its decision to refer a store manager - who falsified positive customer feedback for his branch in 2010 - to the General Pharmaceutical Council.

Day Lewis, the UK's largest independent multiple pharmacy chain, has backed the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), signing a three-year membership deal with the organisation. The deal, which...

The wettest April on record has seen retail sales values down by 3.3 per cent compared with the same month last year. Figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG showed that...

The government has officially scrapped plans to vet all retail staff before allowing them to work in pharmacies and other shops, following a three-year campaign by pharmacy trade bodies. ...

Almus Pharmaceuticals has added eight lines to its generics range as part of an expansion designed to "better meet the needs of customers and patients". The new lines include: 30-tablet...

Allergan has launched ‘triple-action' eye drops to treat moderate to severe dry eye symptoms. Optive Plus features new "lipid-enhancing technology" designed to prevent moisture in the eye...

Natural healthcare company Nelsons has boosted its website with the addition of interactive tools designed to make consumers more aware of their health needs. NelsonsNaturalWorld.com now...

Carnation Footcare has launched a summer-themed counter display unit for pharmacies to encourage sales of its footcare products. The stands will be available for pharmacies to display in May...

Mentholatum is supporting its Deep Relief and Deep Heat products with a TV and press advertising campaign that forms part of a £2 million spend across the Deep portfolio this year. The...

Alliance Healthcare has launched its flu vaccination programme for 2012-13, offering pharmacists delivering it the option to use vaccines from a number of different manufacturers. The service,...

AAH has launched its flu vaccination scheme for 2012-13 and unveiled an online-only training programme for pharmacists who have run the service for the past two years. The service, which is...

Manx Healthcare has launched an OTC medicine indicated to treat the symptoms of vertigo, including dizziness and nausea. Vertigon 25mg tablets contain a long-acting anti-emetic, promethazine...