In-depth

Under FMD, every pharmacy will need to acquire at least one barcode scanner

FMD means pharmacies must buy scanners by 2019. Why aren't they ready?

In just 10 months' time, UK pharmacies will be expected to scan medicines before they are dispensed. But there are mounting concerns the sector is not fully prepared

19/04/2018 14

The law creates two new defences of criminal breaches of two sections of the Medicines Act 1968

The dispensing defence is law. So why won't pharmacists report errors?

A new legal defence from criminal prosecution for inadvertent dispensing errors becomes law today. But pharmacists remain sceptical that it will protect them

16/04/2018 5

Hughes Pharmacy offers private blood tests for allergies and intolerances (credit: Kenneth Allen)

‘How we made a private allergy testing service work in our pharmacy’

Contractor Paul Hughes tells C+D about the private allergy testing service he launched in response to demand from local patients

12/04/2018 1

Under GPDR, pharmacy owners will become data "controllers"

GDPR: Pharmacists' data protection questions answered

NPA chief pharmacist Leyla Hannbeck gives her guide to what community pharmacists need to know about the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation

10/04/2018 0

Male branch managers and employee pharmacists earn more than women doing the same job

Why are male and female community pharmacists not earning equal pay?

C+D’s analysis has found male branch managers and employee pharmacists are paid on average 5% more than females doing the same role. What can the sector do to achieve equal pay?

06/04/2018 8