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New group to quality assess training for registered pharmacists and PTs

Need to ensure consistency in post-registration training for pharmacists and technicians, say regulators.

01 Feb 2022

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February Health Campaigns

Get ready for a February filled with fundraising, as two important awareness days kick off the month.

01 Feb 2022

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'Deep frustration' as DH review fails to provide pharmacy funding uplift

DHSC and NHS England stand firm on question of global sum increase, says PSNC.

31 Jan 2022

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Boots owner kicks off sales process for multiple

Boots owner Walgreens Boots Alliance has begun the formal sales process for the multiple according to reports.

31 Jan 2022

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Rowlands superintendent steps down after decade in the role

Stephen Thomas takes over as Rowlands’ superintendent director.

28 Jan 2022

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Pharmacy group announces £1bn launch of 'super pharmacies'

Alitam Group founder Feisal Nahaboo said women may even be able to give birth in-store.

28 Jan 2022

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Slight rise in alcohol dependence prescriptions in 2020-21

The vast majority of the 166,590 alcohol dependence scripts were dispensed in the community.

27 Jan 2022

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Independents provided many more Covid vaccines than large multiples

Eighty-five per cent of 610 pharmacy sites that administered jabs between January and September 2021 were independents.

27 Jan 2022

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Government issues shortage protocol for paracetamol suppositories

Pharmacists may substitute a slightly higher strength product using the SSP.

25 Jan 2022

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PSNC launches audit to strengthen hand in Government talks

Negotiator wants to make the case for walk-in minor illness consultations to be funded.

25 Jan 2022

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Government must abandon conversion therapy altogether, says PDA

The PDA's LGBT+ Network says a consultation on plans to ban the therapy has not gone far enough.

24 Jan 2022

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Sheffield pharmacy celebrates 70 years of offering daily service

Wicker Pharmacy has opened seven days a week since January 21 1952.

21 Jan 2022

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Keep wearing masks in pharmacies, patients urged as Plan B dropped

The UKHSA guidance on masks in healthcare settings will continue to apply.

21 Jan 2022

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London pharmacies delivered five million Covid jabs last year

Cullimore Chemist in Barnet was the first pharmacy in London to deliver a Covid vaccine.

20 Jan 2022

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New POCT guidance for community pharmacy

Outlines standards and safe environment required for use of point of care testing equipment.

20 Jan 2022

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NHS survey paints complex picture of pharmacist vacancies

Vacancies have doubled, but the number of FTE pharmacists per pharmacy has also risen.

20 Jan 2022

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