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Fewer UK adults visiting pharmacies ‘first’ for medical advice, report reveals
A new report has found that only around half of adults seek advice from a pharmacist in the first instance to help with self-treatable conditions – with this declining over the last few years.
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Pharmacy technician warned after class A drugs and racial assault
A pharmacy technician has been slapped with a warning by the regulator after a “racially aggravated assault” and admitting to using “class A illegal drugs”, it has revealed.
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Tender triumph: Rowlands to take over five Lloydspharmacy hospital branches
Rowlands will take over the running of five hospital pharmacies from Lloydspharmacy in December, it has revealed.
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The C+D Awards Shortlist Announced!
Who is on the shortlist for the C+D Awards on September 19?
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Government must pay compensation after pharmacy IT ‘shambles’
Ministers “bear ultimate responsibility” for payment tech issues that have left Scottish pharmacies “tens of thousands of pounds” out of pocket, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced.
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PDA slams 'disingenuous' RPS as P-med self-selection row rages on
The pharmacists’ trade union has called on members to share their views on P-med self-selection citing “several concerns” with the royal society’s discussion on the controversial topic.
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CPE hires consultancy to ‘strengthen’ funding negotiations
A specialist consulting firm has been hired to advise CPE on negotiations and complete an “economic project” for the sector, the negotiator has revealed.
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MHRA approves weight loss jab Wegovy to ‘prevent’ heart problems in UK ‘first’
The medicines regulator has approved the use of semaglutide injections to “reduce the risk” of “serious heart problems” in overweight adults.
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NHSE pandemic plan reveals pharmacy vaccination role and antibiotic stockpile
The national commissioner plans to “stand up” community pharmacy in a future pandemic situation if vaccination rollout needs to be “augmented”, it has revealed.
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Flu programme dates announced but pharmacies to source Sanofi alternatives
NHS England (NHSE) has revealed the autumn adult flu vaccination programme start date, while instructing pharmacies to secure alternatives to one unavailable vaccine.
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COVID-19 vaccination fees stagnate despite negotiator pleas
Confirmation of the unchanging fees comes as NHS England (NHSE) has asked pharmacies to prepare for the autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes to start in October, or September for pregnant women.
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Pharmacy technician warned after class A drugs and racial assault
A pharmacy technician has been slapped with a warning by the regulator after a “racially aggravated assault” and admitting to using “class A illegal drugs”, it has revealed.
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PDA slams 'disingenuous' RPS as P-med self-selection row rages on
The pharmacists’ trade union has called on members to share their views on P-med self-selection citing “several concerns” with the royal society’s discussion on the controversial topic.
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MHRA approves weight loss jab Wegovy to ‘prevent’ heart problems in UK ‘first’
The medicines regulator has approved the use of semaglutide injections to “reduce the risk” of “serious heart problems” in overweight adults.
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Fewer UK adults visiting pharmacies ‘first’ for medical advice, report reveals
A new report has found that only around half of adults seek advice from a pharmacist in the first instance to help with self-treatable conditions – with this declining over the last few years.
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Government must pay compensation after pharmacy IT ‘shambles’
Ministers “bear ultimate responsibility” for payment tech issues that have left Scottish pharmacies “tens of thousands of pounds” out of pocket, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced.
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PDA slams 'disingenuous' RPS as P-med self-selection row rages on
The pharmacists’ trade union has called on members to share their views on P-med self-selection citing “several concerns” with the royal society’s discussion on the controversial topic.
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‘Incredible waste of talent’: PDA slams GPhC for ‘failing’ black students
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has said that the regulator has “failed” black students in its response to a GPhC pharmacy education consultation.
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GPhC to hold ‘confidential’ discussions on racism, registration and FtP suicides
The pharmacy regulator has revealed it will discuss items normally debated in public, as well as reports of deaths by suicide while under fitness-to-practise investigation by another regulator, in a confidential session at its upcoming council meeting.
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Bangor University set to offer ‘exciting’ new MPharm degree
The Welsh university has announced plans to offer an “exciting and relevant” MPharm degree from 2025, with opportunities to practise in the Welsh language.
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Government must pay compensation after pharmacy IT ‘shambles’
Ministers “bear ultimate responsibility” for payment tech issues that have left Scottish pharmacies “tens of thousands of pounds” out of pocket, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced.
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CPE hires consultancy to ‘strengthen’ funding negotiations
A specialist consulting firm has been hired to advise CPE on negotiations and complete an “economic project” for the sector, the negotiator has revealed.
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Lloydspharmacy: Jhoots rent row leaves town without pharmacy ‘indefinitely’
“Crazy” NHS contract arrangements have left a Devon landlord unable to move in a new pharmacy after evicting a Jhoots branch that it says didn’t pay “a penny” of rent, C+D has learned.
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Government must pay compensation after pharmacy IT ‘shambles’
Ministers “bear ultimate responsibility” for payment tech issues that have left Scottish pharmacies “tens of thousands of pounds” out of pocket, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced.
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Streeting thanks pharmacists who ‘soldiered on’ after IT outages
The new health secretary has thanked pharmacists for their efforts after last week’s global IT outages caused havoc across the NHS and beyond.
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Who is Stephen Kinnock, community pharmacy’s new minister?
New pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock boasts a potent political pedigree, but little primary care experience.
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