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Policy

Northern Ireland pharmacies to go paperless by 2030

Department sets ambitious roadmap for community pharmacy including paperless transition.

08 May 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Pharmacy team

CPE to measure rise in ‘unfunded’ work in the wake of Pharmacy First

Audit launching on June 3 will seek to measure rise in unfunded work says negotiator

07 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Services

Demand for medicine deliveries ‘much higher’ than service availability

Forty per cent of British adults say they would like their medicines delivered.

07 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Financial Management & Funding

CPE attacks new concessions system as ‘delayed’ April prices released

Businesses concerned by the new clawback system imposed by Government.

01 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Property

Locum snaps up 30-hour pharmacy in Durham

Locum pharmacist Monju MIah plans to boost Moorside Pharmacy's service offering

30 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Business environment

Permanent pharmacy closures up five-fold in the space of a year

Net pharmacy closures rose to 432 in 2023-24, warns the CCA

29 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Legal

Belfast pharmacist pleads guilty to supplying fentanyl without a prescription

Plea hearing scheduled for June as pharmacy owner admits making unlawful supplies.

19 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Medicines

‘Constantly elevated’ drug shortages becoming ‘the new normal’, report warns

Why are medicines shortages getting so severe? A Nuffield Trust report investigates.

18 Apr 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Employment

Lloyds forced to attend pharmacist redundancy tribunal – despite dim chance of payout

Liquidation means compensation hopes are dim but tribunal will still go ahead.

18 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Digital & technology

Same-day delivery digital pharmacy secures £9m growth investment

Phlo says it will use investment to grow staff headcount and expand geographic reach

17 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Child & teen health

DH targets puberty suppressing hormones ‘loopholes’ for overseas prescribers

Health secretary says 'nothing is off the table' in tackling overseas 'loopholes'.

17 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Education & training

NHS invests £1.5m in boosting London placements for MPharm students

NHS England pumps £1.5m into expansion of placements in the capital

11 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Leadership

Three community pharmacy representatives appointed to UK leadership board

Expert members announced ahead of first meeting on April 23.

11 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Regulations

Don’t breach responsible pharmacist rules again, GPhC warns Jhoots superintendent

GPhC issues warning after two breaches of RP regulations found at Jhoots branches.

09 Apr 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Clinical services

Health board funds childhood antibiotics expansion to Pharmacy First Scotland

Service expansion enables pharmacists to treat sore throat and skin infections in children.

08 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Regulations

Drug companies must ‘offer solutions’ to assuage HRT competition worries

Theramex's acquisition of Viatris HRT ranges could lead to price hikes, says CMA

04 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article