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GPhC: Pharmacies to ‘verify’ patient history before supplying hair loss drug

GPhC: Pharmacies to ‘verify’ patient history before supplying hair loss drug

 
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The pharmacy regulator has advised that pharmacy teams carry out a “robust” assessment before supplying finasteride – a hair-loss drug with psychiatric and sexual health risks.

NHSE proposes offering Mounjaro to nearly 250,000 people over three years

NHSE proposes offering Mounjaro to nearly 250,000 people over three years

 
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NICE has opened a consultation on the possible mass rollout of tirzepatide to millions of people in England over the next decade.

NHSE reveals details of community pharmacy tech apprenticeship – but act fast  ​

NHSE reveals details of community pharmacy tech apprenticeship – but act fast ​

 
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Over the two-year period, successful applicants will receive a total of £30,106 from NHSE to help pay for this apprenticeship, sites have until Sunday October 13, to apply for funding...


Exclusive: Pharmacy Minister Stephen Kinnock: 'I want to unlock your potential'
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Exclusive: Pharmacy Minister Stephen Kinnock: 'I want to unlock your potential'

 
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I know you are ambitious for change, and very keen to make better use of your skills, to better your communities. You have shown time and again how you can deliver, and we are determined to provide the support you need.

‘It was amazing!’: Olympics lead pharmacist on dispensing to the world’s best athletes
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‘It was amazing!’: Olympics lead pharmacist on dispensing to the world’s best athletes

 
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How did someone with no experience in sports medicine end up as chief pharmacist at the Olympics? C+D spoke exclusively with the lead pharmacist who ran an athletic three-month operation out of a 24/7 polyclinic in the Olympic Village this summer… 

Xrayser: It's disappointing to see this behaviour

Xrayser: It's disappointing to see this behaviour

 
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There are lots of questions swirling around pharmacy, and no 'right' answers. The only thing I am sure of is that we need unity, whatever we do, and an urgent uplift in funding, and we needed it at least five years ago.


Dismissed nine times by GP: Pharmacist ‘saves life’ of student with brain tumor
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Dismissed nine times by GP: Pharmacist ‘saves life’ of student with brain tumor

 
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A doctor told Lucy Younger that her brain tumour symptoms were from “drinking too much” and being “away from home” before an “incredible” pharmacist sent her to get an MRI scan... 

Novo Nordisk reported over ‘national pharmacy’ weight-loss drug sponsorships

Novo Nordisk reported over ‘national pharmacy’ weight-loss drug sponsorships

 
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Novo Nordisk induced multiple “large” pharmacy chains to prescribe one of its weight loss drugs by providing “free of charge” sharps bins, needles and injection-pen travel wallets, the prescription medicine self-regulatory body has found.  

‘Stop supplying immediately’: Pfizer recalls anaemia drug over 'fatal events'

‘Stop supplying immediately’: Pfizer recalls anaemia drug over 'fatal events'

 
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Healthcare professionals have been urged to stop supplying Oxbryta “immediately” after new data revealed “an unfavourable imbalance” of “fatal events” and “acute painful crises” in patients on the drug.  


Promised hub-and-spoke legislation delayed indefinitely

Promised hub-and-spoke legislation delayed indefinitely

 
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The new government is “not in a position” to implement promised intercompany hub-and-spoke changes in January, the pharmacy negotiator has announced.

UPDATED: October Pharmacy First consultation threshold reduced to 20
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UPDATED: October Pharmacy First consultation threshold reduced to 20

 
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The minimum number of Pharmacy First consultations pharmacies will have to complete in October to qualify for a monthly payment has been reduced from 30 to 20, the negotiator has revealed. 

Fentanyl trafficking: Cartel-owned pharmacy sanctioned by US government

Fentanyl trafficking: Cartel-owned pharmacy sanctioned by US government

 
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A pharmacy in Mexico owned by a leading Sinaloa cartel family is facing sanctions, according to the US government.


C+D Snap Poll: 85% in favour of community pharmacy collective action
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C+D Snap Poll: 85% in favour of community pharmacy collective action

 
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A C+D snapshot poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of "small" community pharmacy contractors and workers support work to rule protest action just days after Wes Streeting slammed the NPA for "sabre-rattling" over collective action.

‘Sniffer dog’: Pharmacy technician who took cocaine ‘every morning’ suspended

‘Sniffer dog’: Pharmacy technician who took cocaine ‘every morning’ suspended

 
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A “brazen” pharmacy technician has been suspended after telling his workplace that he was late to work because he had “used a line of cocaine”. 

Day Lewis - how we are preparing for the advent of Hub and Spoke
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Day Lewis - how we are preparing for the advent of Hub and Spoke

 
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Visibility, control, seamless communication, real risks and 'two very important things'. What has Day Lewis pharmacy process improvement manager Danny McNally discovered trialing a new way of working to take advantage of Hub and Spoke?


UPDATED: Global sum up £13m for Scottish pharmacies in new funding deal
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UPDATED: Global sum up £13m for Scottish pharmacies in new funding deal

 
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Funding for Scottish pharmacies will increase by some £13.2 million, with an additional £10 million in guaranteed reimbursement, the Scottish negotiator has revealed. 

Opinion: The NPA ballot - are you feeling solidarity? Or otherwise?

Opinion: The NPA ballot - are you feeling solidarity? Or otherwise?

 

Collective action is unprecedented in pharmacy, but the NPA is leading its members into a ballot that would see pharmacies work to rule - essentially curtailing all the services they offer for 'free'. With six weeks until the result, how do you plan to vote?

Revealed: Almost 47,000 hours lost to temporary pharmacy closures last year

Revealed: Almost 47,000 hours lost to temporary pharmacy closures last year

 
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Almost six thousand working days were lost to temporary pharmacy closures in 2023, new data from Healthwatch has revealed.  


Pharmacy First: GP referral tech to reduce 'informal signposting' launched
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Pharmacy First: GP referral tech to reduce 'informal signposting' launched

 
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New software that “automatically” shares GP referrals with pharmacies has been rolled out, just as new poll data has found that half of pharmacies have seen reduced Pharmacy First referrals due to GP collective action, C+D can reveal.  

Revealed: The top ten Pharmacy First minor illness service providers

Revealed: The top ten Pharmacy First minor illness service providers

 
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With the previous leading pharmacy suspended from providing the Pharmacy First scheme, find out which pharmacy has taken over as the leading provider of Pharmacy First minor illness referral consultations…