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National bodies come together to save community pharmacy

A revamped Save Our Pharmacies campaign will highlight the pressures facing the sector and call for more funding.

18 Jan 2023 , 4 Min Article

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NPA listens to those living with obesity to build on services

The NPA gave an update on its support with obesity services at the Pharmacy Show yesterday

17 Oct 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Closure threat looming over several thousand pharmacies, say academics

Combination of frozen funding and inflation on the brink of causing mass closures, says report

27 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy bodies pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

RPS president writes to Royal Family as pharmacy bodies pay tribute

09 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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England’s chief pharmacist to address NPA online conference

CPhO one of the keynote speakers at NPA conference next week

06 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Alarm raised on ‘significant’ energy bill hike for pharmacies

Pharmacies 'bracing themselves' for rate hikes, warns PSNC

31 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Sunak makes ‘pro-pharmacy’ comments as he visits family business

Sunak wants to free up NHS capacity without putting 'yet more money' in the health service

25 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Patients going without prescriptions in inflation crisis, warns NPA

Renewed calls to scrap the prescription charge amid cost of living crisis.

11 Jul 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Trade bodies urge Hunt to ensure inquiry includes pharmacy pressures

The NPA, CCA, AIMp and PSNC wrote to Hunt telling him community pharmacy has suffered a decrease in funding.

06 Jul 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Prince Charles pays tributes to pharmacists at special reception

He praised pharmacies' pandemic efforts and the 'inspiring' diversity of the profession.

05 May 2022 , 1 Min Article

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High-level talks on obesity produce recommendations on pharmacy’s role

The event concluded everyone with diabetes should have access to weight management services in pharmacies.

03 May 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Many pharmacies struggled to get involved in Covid booster programme

Questions remain over why pharmacies had to wait so long for a response and why many were turned down.

04 Apr 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Expand NHS health checks in pharmacies to tackle obesity, report says

Five recommendations were made in the report, which was funded by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.

16 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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NPA: Pharmacy vaccinations have saved 20,000 lives

Pharmacies delivered a greater share of vaccines than expected, a Government report finds.

25 Feb 2022 , 1 Min Article

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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 , 1 Min Article

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