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‘Disgraced’ manufacturer fined for lying about thyroid drug shelf-life
An ex-director may avoid jail time after a manufacturer submitted “falsified” shelf-life data to the medicines watchdog, the MHRA has revealed.
Most common Pharmacy First conditions revealed
A sore throat was the most common reason to offer a Pharmacy First consultation in the first month of the new service, data from the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) shows.
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.
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.
‘Late’ but ‘welcome’: Flu programme start dates announced
Pharmacies will only be able to offer the flu vaccine to some patients from September 1, the government has announced.
Contractors ‘still getting nowhere’ a week on from Pharmacy First IT crash
A week after PharmOutcomes first locked contractors out with a security “upgrade”, some pharmacists are still unable to use the software.
Retrospective concession top-up scheme to launch in April
Pharmacies that dispensed items found to have had a concession price that was too low will be eligible for automatic top-up payments from April, the NHSBSA has revealed.
‘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.
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