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‘Unacceptable’ lack of April concessions ‘likely’ due to DH changes

The pharmacy negotiator has blamed the government’s "untested" changes to the April drug tariff for the lack of price concessions issued this month, which have left pharmacists wondering whether the government expects “contractors to make a loss”. 

Medicines Prescriptions

'Appallingly hand-picked cronies': New leadership commission comes under fire

The pharmacy union and candidates for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) national boards have warned that the new UK pharmacy professional leadership advisory board lacks “transparency” and risks “political interference”. 

People Pharmacy organisations

Wes Streeting: What could a Labour government mean for pharmacy?

The shadow health secretary has set out his three “big shifts” in how the NHS would work under a Labour government at a panel discussion this week.

Politicians Political parties

‘Last chance’: Pharmacist found with £10 cannabis bag suspended for nine months

A pharmacist has been handed a nine-month suspension and warned that failure to engage with the regulator may leave it with no option but to strike him off the register after repeated cannabis use.

GPhC Legal

Fifth of pharmacies warn May Pharmacy First threshold increase ‘unachievable’

New data has revealed that 20% of pharmacies believe next month’s increase in Pharmacy First minimum thresholds will be “unachievable”, with 13% already unable to deliver enough consultations to meet current targets.  

Common Conditions Services

A.A. Dhand: Pharmacist crime author to publish new novel The Chemist

Pharmacist A.A. Dhand’s next crime novel is set for publication in spring 2025, with a plot inspired by his own experiences of “drugs, dealers and incredible stories of maverick drug-deals”.

People Crime

DSPs and bricks-and-mortar pharmacies are ‘substitutable’, finds CMA

The competition authority recently found that Pharmacy2U’s purchase of LloydsDirect did not pose a competition threat… C+D looked at its reasoning

Digital Legal
EXCLUSIVE

Novavax COVID jab delivered by indie pharmacy in UK first

The new private COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by Novavax and delivered for the first time in the UK by an independent pharmacy, is almost half the price of the Pfizer jab offered by Boots.

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Coronavirus News
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Novavax COVID jab delivered by indie pharmacy in UK first

The new private COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by Novavax and delivered for the first time in the UK by an independent pharmacy, is almost half the price of the Pfizer jab offered by Boots.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Boots first UK multiple to offer private COVID jab after indies led charge

The multiple will offer private Pfizer vaccines for “32% more” than independent pharmacies, C+D has learned.  

COVID-19 Vaccination

Pfizer’s COVID-19 jab available to pharmacies from March

Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine will be available for sale to the public from March, Pfizer announced on Friday February 9.

COVID-19 Services
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Regulation News

‘Last chance’: Pharmacist found with £10 cannabis bag suspended for nine months

A pharmacist has been handed a nine-month suspension and warned that failure to engage with the regulator may leave it with no option but to strike him off the register after repeated cannabis use.

GPhC Legal

DSPs and bricks-and-mortar pharmacies are ‘substitutable’, finds CMA

The competition authority recently found that Pharmacy2U’s purchase of LloydsDirect did not pose a competition threat… C+D looked at its reasoning

Digital Legal
EXCLUSIVE

Landlord owed £450k challenges Lloydspharmacy group liquidation

The former landlord of the head office of Lloydspharmacy’s holding company has called for the actions of its former owner Aurelius to be independently and fully scrutinised to check compliance with “all relevant laws”.

Lloydspharmacy Legal
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Clinical News

‘Unacceptable’ lack of April concessions ‘likely’ due to DH changes

The pharmacy negotiator has blamed the government’s "untested" changes to the April drug tariff for the lack of price concessions issued this month, which have left pharmacists wondering whether the government expects “contractors to make a loss”. 

Medicines Prescriptions

'Appallingly hand-picked cronies': New leadership commission comes under fire

The pharmacy union and candidates for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) national boards have warned that the new UK pharmacy professional leadership advisory board lacks “transparency” and risks “political interference”. 

People Pharmacy organisations

‘Last chance’: Pharmacist found with £10 cannabis bag suspended for nine months

A pharmacist has been handed a nine-month suspension and warned that failure to engage with the regulator may leave it with no option but to strike him off the register after repeated cannabis use.

GPhC Legal
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Education News

Buttercups Training acquired by ‘leading’ education company

The “number one” pharmacy training provider has been acquired by BPP Education Group, the group has announced. 

Businesses Education

GPhC to 'assess' pharmacy technician minimum training levels

The pharmacy regulator has revealed that it will consider whether new standards for trainee and registered pharmacy technicians are needed in the sector’s “changing landscape”.

GPhC Education

NHSE backs £1.5m scheme to ‘expand’ London MPharm placements

Students on the new scheme backed by £1.5 million in funding will be assigned to “experiential placement sites across London”, including care homes and mental health trusts, one London university announced. 

Education providers Funding
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Funding News

‘Unacceptable’ lack of April concessions ‘likely’ due to DH changes

The pharmacy negotiator has blamed the government’s "untested" changes to the April drug tariff for the lack of price concessions issued this month, which have left pharmacists wondering whether the government expects “contractors to make a loss”. 

Medicines Prescriptions

'Appallingly hand-picked cronies': New leadership commission comes under fire

The pharmacy union and candidates for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) national boards have warned that the new UK pharmacy professional leadership advisory board lacks “transparency” and risks “political interference”. 

People Pharmacy organisations

Wes Streeting: What could a Labour government mean for pharmacy?

The shadow health secretary has set out his three “big shifts” in how the NHS would work under a Labour government at a panel discussion this week.

Politicians Political parties
See All
Politics News

'Appallingly hand-picked cronies': New leadership commission comes under fire

The pharmacy union and candidates for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) national boards have warned that the new UK pharmacy professional leadership advisory board lacks “transparency” and risks “political interference”. 

People Pharmacy organisations

Wes Streeting: What could a Labour government mean for pharmacy?

The shadow health secretary has set out his three “big shifts” in how the NHS would work under a Labour government at a panel discussion this week.

Politicians Political parties

Fifth of pharmacies warn May Pharmacy First threshold increase ‘unachievable’

New data has revealed that 20% of pharmacies believe next month’s increase in Pharmacy First minimum thresholds will be “unachievable”, with 13% already unable to deliver enough consultations to meet current targets.  

Common Conditions Services
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