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Boots parent ‘revisiting plan to sell its UK business’

WBA stock rallies amid reports it is once more eyeing a sale of the Boots UK business.

14 May 2024

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Government greenlights two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing for January 2025

Legislation to enable two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing across the UK are planned to come into effect on 1 January 2025 “to gives the pharmacy sector time to explore the relevance of the new hub-and-spoke models to their businesses”.

14 May 2024

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APTUK president: Pharmacy technicians can get more qualifications to help patients

The Association of Pharmacy Technicians president Nicola Stockmann said the pharmacy technician debate should be framed around “scope of practice.”

13 May 2024

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NHSE will scrutinise Pharmacy First data for ‘outliers’ abusing service

We take monitoring of the service seriously, NHS official tells Clinical Pharmacy Congress.

13 May 2024

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More independent prescribing training places announced

An additional 3,000 training places for community pharmacy was announced by CPhO David Webb at this year’s CPC.

10 May 2024

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I am standing for the RPS English Pharmacy Board. This is why

Ankish Patel, chief pharmacist and head of PCN Workforce Nottingham City GP Alliance, explains why he is a candidate.

10 May 2024

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Drug shortages ‘beyond critical’ as pharmacies forced to ring up GPs every day

Pharmacy team members report spending over an hour each day tackling meds shortages.

09 May 2024

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Boots tells staff to report ‘any pressure’ to hit Pharmacy First ‘targets’

Stores director says progress reports not intended to put pressure on staff.

09 May 2024

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East Midlands brothers buy their 14th pharmacy

Saraj Pharmacy in Loughborough sold after 'high levels of interest and offers'

09 May 2024

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Northern Ireland pharmacies to go paperless by 2030

Department sets ambitious roadmap for community pharmacy including paperless transition.

08 May 2024

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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

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UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board meetings underway

Three-year programme to improve collaboration across the UK pharmacy professional leadership bodies and specialist professional groups gets underway.

07 May 2024

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Sanofi’s rabies vaccine

A vaccine for pre-exposure and post-exposure to rabies has launched.

07 May 2024

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Good, better, bots

The Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital now have the help of robotics when it comes to dispensing.

07 May 2024

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PDA ‘cannot support’ online prescribing guidance from DiCE

The Pharmacist's Defence Association says it cannot support new guidance for the online prescribing of GLP-1 receptor antagonists from Digital Clinical Excellence, because it conflicts with an expert report from the GPhC.

07 May 2024

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The generational tobacco ban debate

The controversial ban is to be debated in the House of Commons.

07 May 2024

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