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Aspire completes acquisition of Cenoté Pharma Ltd

Cenoté Pharma Ltd manufactures medicines that treat rare metabolic disorders.

11 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Tory MP urges Leadsom to help pharmacist open dental practice in Southend

Anna Firth is supporting Mohamed Fayyaz Haji, who runs Belfairs Pharmacy in Leigh-on-Sea, to start a dental service.

11 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Superdrug starts delivering Mounjaro weight loss drug to patients’ homes

The treatment was only available at a health clinic or pharmacy because it needs to be stored between two and eight degrees Celsius.

08 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacists put their own money in to deal with ‘crisis’ in Northern Ireland

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland board member David McCrea said pharmacists are struggling to pay their wholesale bills.

08 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Hunt’s budget ‘brings no obvious good news for pharmacies’, says CPE chief

CPE chief executive Janet Morrison said the chancellor's measures “will not provide the silver bullet pharmacies desperately need."

07 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Numark chairman: Why has NHSE failed to sanction DSPs that break regulations?

Harry McQuillan said distance-selling pharmacies have become “a controversial issue” because Pharmacy First allows remote consultations.

04 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Making March Matter

Training Matters explores two important campaigns which affect millions in the UK, and what pharmacy teams can do to support them this month.

08 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Nearly all pharmacists have had patients decline medicines due to prescription charge

Renewed calls to axe prescription charge as survey highlights worrying findings.

05 Feb 2024 , 3 Min Article

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A call to action

The urgent need for government to support community pharmacies structurally and financially was called for by a group of 20 MPs.

15 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

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February's crucial campaigns

February is a short but busy month in the world of health, with many campaigns the pharmacy team can get involved in.

15 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Key Clinical Developments in 2023

This module aims to provide a concise summary of some of the important changes in community pharmacy practice during 2023.

08 Dec 2023 , 1 Min Module

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JCVI recommends adding chickenpox to childhood vaccination schedule

A 2-dose programme offering vaccination at 12 and 18 months of age using a combined MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella and varicella) vaccine is proposed.

14 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

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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 , 1 Min Article

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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 , 1 Min Article

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Fake Ozempic pens found at two UK wholesalers

No evidence that falsified Ozempic pens made their way to UK pharmacies, says MHRA

19 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Britons not making use of free health checks, research indicates

Four in 10 attend no health checks while smear test attendance is well below European average

02 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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