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.
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.
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.
Paydens ‘focused’ on meeting sector challenges amid £6m loss in 2023
The latest financial documents from Paydens Pharmacy have revealed a sudden drop in earnings “directly caused by the flat rate of pharmacy funding”, C+D has learned.
‘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.
Pharmacies to ‘supplement’ childhood vaccination drive but GPs preferred
Pharmacies are just “an option” for integrated care boards (ICBs) looking to increase uptake of childhood vaccines because parents are “more comfortable” getting their children jabbed at GP practices, government officials have said.
Wes Streeting: Pharmacies to host clinical trials under Labour plans
The shadow health secretary plans to make enlistment into clinical trials at community pharmacies “easier”, he has announced at the Sigma conference.
Long-awaited NHSE pharmacy economic review to begin in March
A healthcare data company and consultancy will jointly run the NHSE-commissioned economic review of the pharmacy sector, it has been revealed.
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