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Outstanding Contribution Award HCs

Andrea Bevan and Jennifer Elton were recognised for their outstanding contributions to pharmacy by being award Highly Commended in this category.

24 Jul 2024

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Outstanding Contribution Award Winner

Emma Williams won the prestigious Outstanding Contribution category at the 2024 RoEs.

24 Jul 2024

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Innovation Award Winner

This year's winner of the Innovation Award category was Daniel Duarte of Aberdeen Walk Pharmacy.

24 Jul 2024

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Innovation Award HCs

The Innovation Award category saw Callum Dudding and Martin Murphy take home Highly Commended.

24 Jul 2024

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Best Newcomer HCs

Ella Walker and Isla McCully were both awarded Highly Commended in the Best Newcomer category for their hard work and dedication.

24 Jul 2024

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Best Newcomer Award Winner

At the 2024 RoEs, Anu Padonu (middle) took home the prize for Best Newcomer.

24 Jul 2024

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Team Leader & Spotlight Award Winner

Rachel Graham (middle) was the worthy winner of the Team Leader Award as well as the overall Spotlight Award winner for 2024.

24 Jul 2024

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Team Leader Award HCs

In the Team Leader category, Tara Duchene and Shirley Lockhart were awarded Highly Commended at the 2024 RoEs.

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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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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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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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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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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‘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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