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MPs launch inquiry into pharmacy services

Select committee accepting evidence on the challenges impacting pharmacy's future role

08 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Legal view: The importance of statutory registers

The importance of maintaining the company's statutory registers cannot be overlooked

08 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Multiples call for supervision changes to meet clinical ambitions for pharmacy

Pharmacists' rising dispensing workload hampers clinical ambitions, says CCA

08 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Prescription items dispensed in England hit 1.18 billion in 2022-23

NHS Business Services Authority said the cost of items dispensed increased for the fourth year in a row having dropped from 2015-16 to 2018-19.

08 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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University of Leicester to host pharmacy research ‘incubator’ with £120k funding

NIHR provides funding for Pharmacy Professionals Incubator

08 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Regulation changes: Easements or appeasements?

Who exactly are the recently announced regulatory changes supposed to help?

07 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Consultations, screenings and STI diagnoses increased in 2022

The UK Health Security Agency said annual gonorrhoea diagnoses last year hit their highest level since records began in 1918.

07 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Government ploughs £40m into semaglutide GP pilot

Sunak wants to expand access to Wegovy and potentially other weight loss drugs

07 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Updated hypertension case-finding specification published

Pharmacies must explain why they have stopped providing the service and will not be eligible for the set-up fee if they withdraw within 30 days.

07 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies use data to target CVD need in the community

A recent pilot in Surrey & Sussex helped embed pharmacies in local care pathways

06 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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LloydsPharmacy hospital pharmacy contract put out to tender

The outpatient pharmacy at University Hospitals Plymouth will move to a bigger site after long queues and disruption to its services.

06 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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GPs should prescribe OTC medicines to people struggling to pay

A report by Healthwatch England said OTC medicines should be offered to patients on prescription based on “socioeconomic grounds.”

06 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Boots chief financial officer quits after five years

CFO resigned as a director of the multiple on May 22, public records show

06 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Save the date: cancer webinar

A webinar on supporting people with advanced cancer will take place on Wednesday June 28 at 6:30pm.

06 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Well opens flu jab bookings ‘earlier than usual’

Private flu jab bookings will be priced at £17.99

06 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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RPS refreshing Professional Standards for Homecare Services

RPS updating its framework which supports teams providing and commissioning homecare services

06 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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