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Rose Marie Parr: I also worry about career development for pharmacy technicians and support staff

Rose Marie Parr: Portfolio career could be answer to pharmacist stress

There's “more stress in the workplace, there's no doubt about that”, Rose Marie Parr told C+D after her keynote address at the Celtic Pharmacy...

18/04/2019 2

The group is chaired by NHS England’s deputy chief pharmaceutical officer Bruce Warner

Government sets up response group to tackle medicines shortages

The Medicine Shortage Response Group was established in January to provide guidance to the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DH) medicine...

17/04/2019 8

CPS: It is clear minor ailments service is extremely popular

Patients favour pharmacy over GPs for minor ailments, research finds

Of the 1,121 Scottish patients who accessed the national pharmacy minor ailments service and responded to a survey – which ran from June-July 2018 –...

10/01/2019 3

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Noel Wicks is director of the 22-branch Right Medicine Pharmacy chain

NPA board member resigns to focus on chain’s ‘increasing challenges’

Noel Wicks is the second member to step down from the board this year, following the resignation of south England representative Mike Hewitson in...

11/09/2018 3

Scottish government will also “strengthen and refresh” its pharmacy chronic medication service

Scotland’s minor ailments scheme to be expanded to all patients

The country will be “developing and implementing a redesigned minor ailment and common conditions service available to all in the coming year,” the...

05/09/2018 2

Pharmacists to receive ‘mandatory’ suicide prevention training

In an action plan published last week (August 9), the Scottish government said it will fund the training for healthcare professionals providing “...

14/08/2018 9

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Scottish conservatives say proposal will create "more round-the-clock care”

Conservatives must ‘show need’ behind plans for 24-hour pharmacies

The party proposed “extend[ing] the opening times of pharmacies to provide more round-the-clock care, with the potential for 24-hour pharmacies”, as...

01/08/2018 6