pharmacy services

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People

Dispensing the dream

Samantha Pugh is acutely aware of the fact that the pharmacy is not just a place people come to collect prescriptions, but somewhere people can find support, comfort and community.

12 Mar 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Services

Asda launches £25 earache service ‘to reduce NHS burden’

Asda launches new service for over-18s with acute otitis media.

27 Feb 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Public health

Pharmacies can help combat falling vaccine uptake

Time to “awaken the sleeping giant” and commission pharmacies to administer more NHS vaccines.

26 Feb 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Public health

CPE: Labour’s £200m public health boost should fund local pharmacy services

Community Pharmacy England director of NHS services Alastair Buxton said the money should benefit locally commissioned pharmacy services.

10 Feb 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Services

A helping hand

The precarious state of our ever-stretched NHS is never more obvious than in the winter months, but some innovative schemes are aiming to relieve some of the pressures in the year ahead.

10 Jan 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Vaccinations

All adult vaccinations should be advanced pharmacy services, says think-tank

Report from Reform says vaccination uptake could be greatly improved by making better use of community pharmacies.

01 Aug 2024 , 3 Min Article

Pharmacy team

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 , 1 Min Article

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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 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy team

Best Newcomer Award Winner

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

24 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Innovation Award HCs

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

24 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy team

Clinical Services Star Award Winner

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

24 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Policy

Northern Ireland pharmacies to go paperless by 2030

Department sets ambitious roadmap for community pharmacy including paperless transition.

08 May 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Efficiency

Labour accuses government of not supporting pharmacy services

Shadow Health Minister Karin Smyth took a swipe at the government’s record on supporting pharmacy services during questions on Health and Social Care on July 11.

11 Jul 2023 , 1 Min Article

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People

A services superstar

Over her 15 years in pharmacy, Ashleigh Pearce has been keen to take on as many new skills as she can, including championing NHS pilot services.

08 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies to pilot cancer screening referrals, confirms NHS chief

Pritchard announces landmark pilot to help boost early detection rates.

15 Jun 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies provide over 115k blood pressure checks since service launch

NHS BSA data shows that by the end of March there had been 115k in-clinic checks.

14 Jun 2022 , 1 Min Article

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