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Pharmacist gets 180hrs community service for pharmacy POM theft

 
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A 27-year-old pharmacist has been sentenced after he “abused his position of trust” and stole pregabalin, diazepam, co-codamol and codeine phosphate from the pharmacy where he worked.

Employers ‘forcing’ pharmacists to be DPPs amid ‘two-tier’ IP system

 
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Some pharmacies are “forcing employees to be designated prescribing practitioners (DPPs)” while DPPs at “one large multiple” are not “routinely prescribing themselves”, Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) members have warned.

CCA calls for pharmacy BP checks to treble amid GP bid to stop them

 
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The CCA has said there is an “urgent need to scale up” hypertension screening services in pharmacies despite GP leaders voting for these services to be “terminated with immediate effect”.

‘Ye Oldest Chymist Shoppe in England’ on the market for £125k

 
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England’s “Oldest Chymist”, now a café and gift shop, is available for “offers around £124,950”, an estate agent has revealed.

Coroner: Young man overdosed after receiving double script from P2U and Lloydspharmacy

 
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The inquest of a 22-year-old patient who received his prescription twice due to a “prescribing error” has raised concerns over Pharmacy2U’s “swift dispatch of medication”.