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Temporary pharmacy closures: PDA urges Scottish health minister to act
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has urged the Scottish health minister Humza Yousaf to take urgent action to stop temporary closures, in a bid to protect patients’ access to pharmacies.
‘Rapidly inflating’: Pharmacy bodies raise concerns over increased locum rates
Worries over the availability of pharmacists and “rapidly inflating locum rates” could hamper the ability of pharmacies “of all sizes” to “reach their full potential”, pharmacy bodies have warned.
‘It’s been an honour’: Ravi Sharma to leave RPS for hospital pharmacy role
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS) director for England is leaving the professional body for a new role in hospital pharmacy.
Sanction companies to end temporary pharmacy closures, PDA tells Scottish gov
The Scottish government must “introduce emergency regulations”, including financial sanctions, to force Scotland’s pharmacies to open according to their contracted hours and end “unnecessary closures”, the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has urged.
DH confirms James Morris is new pharmacy minister
James Morris has been appointed the minister with responsibility for patient safety and primary care – which includes community pharmacy – the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) has confirmed to C+D.
Pharmacy minister position temporarily vacant following reshuffle, DH says
The position of pharmacy minister is temporarily vacant as Maria Caulfield has been appointed to a new role, the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) has told C+D.
Pharmacy bodies plea to protect ‘exhausted and starved-of-funding’ sector
Pharmacy bodies have submitted a letter to the Health and Social Care Select Committee, urging it to investigate the sector’s “untenable funding” and “growing workforce challenges”.
Steve Barclay confirmed as new health secretary after Sajid Javid's resignation
Steve Barclay has been appointed the new health secretary following Sajid Javid's resignation this evening, No 10 has confirmed.
Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak quit as health secretary and chancellor over Boris Johnson’s leadership
Both the health secretary Sajid Javid and chancellor Rishi Sunak have resigned from their roles over Prime Minister Boris Johnson's conduct in office, they have announced on social media.
Pharmacy technicians to become registered professionals in Northern Ireland
Pharmacy technicians in Northern Ireland will see their role registered and regulated as a profession in its own right, health secretary Robin Swann has confirmed.
Locum demand and rates ‘issue’ not isolated to pharmacy, says Maria Caulfield
Pharmacy is not the only sector dealing with increasing demand for locums and rising hourly rates – with pressures being felt across primary care, the pharmacy minister has told C+D.
Maria Caulfield: Pharmacy reform update to come in matter of weeks
An announcement on the government’s planned pharmacy overhaul is only “weeks away”, pharmacy minister Maria Caulfield has exclusively told C+D.
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