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GPhC makes ‘difficult decision’ to implement 7.5% fee hike

Regulator presses ahead with deeply unpopular fee hike, citing increased operating costs

15 Nov 2023

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Victoria Atkins named new health secretary as Barclay moved on

Former Treasury minister Atkins appointed to health and social care brief

14 Nov 2023

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Pharmacy minister stands down to focus efforts on constituency

Neil O'Brien resigns ministerial post as Sunak performs cabinet reshuffle

13 Nov 2023

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Family-owned Whitworth Chemists to sell all 34 pharmacies

Family shareholders to sell up entire business following a strategic review

10 Nov 2023

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Eight per cent leap in community prescribing costs

NHS in England spent £9.6 billion on primary care medicines in 2022-23

08 Nov 2023

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LloydsPharmacy down to fewer than 50 branches

Fifty years after Allen Lloyd started the business, it is now down to a few dozen stores

08 Nov 2023

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RPS calls for ban on retailers offering paracetamol multi-buy deals

'Self-regulation' not enough to stop retailers' potentially harmful practices, warns RPS

07 Nov 2023

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Rowlands sees financial losses increase sixfold to £219m

Rowlands posts losses of almost £220m as it targets cost savings

06 Nov 2023

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Asking price of £850,000 for two Derbyshire pharmacies in administration

Pharmacies dispense and average of 16k items per month between them, says broker

06 Nov 2023

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Ex-Phoenix director takes the reins at Bestway wholesale division

Jeremy Meader to head up Bestway Healthcare's wholesale arm

02 Nov 2023

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Hampshire couple buy their second ex-Lloyds branch

Husband and wife pharmacist pair snap up Fareham pharmacy

02 Nov 2023

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UK seizes £84m in black market medicines through global partnership

MHRA and Interpol issue latest update on crackdown effort Operation Pangea

01 Nov 2023

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NICE recommends new treatment for advanced Parkinson’s

Foslevodopa-foscarbidopa gets NICE recommendation after manufacturer addresses issues

31 Oct 2023

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How ‘lifesaving’ Boots pharmacist treated near-fatal bee sting

'The outcome could have been very different for me' says Joan Johnston

30 Oct 2023

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Pharmacists ‘not incentivised to understand medicines management needs’

Start-up says patients should be able to self-refer to pharmacies after hospital discharge

27 Oct 2023

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Don’t repeat flu jab start date chaos, sector tells Barclay

CPE spearheads joint call for early talks on next year's national immunisation programme

26 Oct 2023

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