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Clinical Services Star Award HCs

Lisa Day and Sarah Macdonald were awarded Highly Commended in the Clinical Services Star category at the 2024 RoEs.

24 Jul 2024

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Clinical Services Star Award Winner

Daisy Hill took home the top prize in the Clinical Services Star category.

24 Jul 2024

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Health Equality Award Winner

This year at the RoEs, Tegan Taylor (middle) of Good Life Pharmacy took home the award for Health Equality.

24 Jul 2024

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Health Equality Award HCs

This year, Leila Diamond and Natalie Carruthers won Highly Commended at the RoEs in the Health Equality category.

24 Jul 2024

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Pharmacy Team of the Year Award HCs

This year, Boots UK, Bridgend and Day Lewis, Stockwell won Highly Commended at the RoEs in the Pharmacy Team of the Year category.

24 Jul 2024

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Pharmacy Team of the Year Award Winner

This year St Albans Pharmacy won the prestigious Pharmacy Team of the Year Award at the 2024 RoEs.

24 Jul 2024

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Whooping cough on the rise in UK as vaccine coverage declines

The UK Health Security Agency said there were 2,591 cases in May but just 59 per cent of pregnant women were offered a vaccine in March.

24 Jul 2024

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Exclusive: Public increasingly confident using OTCs turn away from pharmacy?

Fewer consumers are seeking advice and treatment from pharmacists as a first step, according to a new report from PAGB.

23 Jul 2024

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Superdrug appoints new pharmacy director to deliver health strategy

Craig Watt takes up the newly created role having worked for Superdrug for a number of years in a variety of positions.

22 Jul 2024

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First generic raltegravir medicines for HIV patients approved by MHRA

The MHRA has approved generic versions of raltegravir which reduce the amount of HIV in a patient’s blood when used with other medicines.

22 Jul 2024

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Industry body calls on Government to prioritise self-care to benefit NHS

PAGB shares six key actions for ministers to prioritise in first 100 days.

22 Jul 2024

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NPA urges patients to be calm in pharmacies as global IT outage hits NHS

The outage has left pharmacies struggling to access prescriptions, which efforts to supply medicines.

19 Jul 2024

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Overdose killed woman after GP pharmacist failed to follow advice, says coroner

A pharmacist at The Park Surgery in Heanor was warned the amount of medicine Deborah Bates was prescribed should have been limited.

19 Jul 2024

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Prioritising self care: PAGB shares six key actions for new Government

PAGB calls on the Government to prioritise self care.

18 Jul 2024

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‘Looking beyond community pharmacy’: Rowlands acquires six hospital branches

Rowlands announces acquisition of six hospital pharmacies previously owned by Lloyds.

18 Jul 2024

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Nine serious shortage protocols for widely prescribed antipsychotic

SSPs implemented amid ongoing supply disruption to Quetiapine tablets.

18 Jul 2024

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