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Manchester pharmacy bought by DSP owner after ‘incredible’ interest from buyers

Online pharmacy owner plans to integrate his existing business into newly acquired site

13 Oct 2023

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Recommended daily dose of CBD lowered to 10 milligrams

The Cannabis Trades Association said the Food Standard Agency’s decision will “frighten consumers and retailers."

13 Oct 2023

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NHS demands evidence from pharmacies with high number of hypertension claims

NHS BSA to target pharmacies with high claim numbers in payment verification exercise

12 Oct 2023

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Boots pharmacy sales up 10 per cent against last year

Boots UK reports strong year-on-year growth as parent company intensifies cost-cutting

12 Oct 2023

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Number of pharmacies in England falls to lowest level since 2016

There were 11,414 pharmacies in 2022-23, 108 fewer than in 2021-22 and the fewest since 2015-16 when there were 11,949.

12 Oct 2023

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What is eating community pharmacy for breakfast?

Pharmacy needs to wake up to the culture problem on its doorstep, Ade Williams writes

11 Oct 2023

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Boots parent company appoints new CEO as it ‘right-sizes’ business operations

Tim Wentworth will bring several years' experience in the US pharmacy market

11 Oct 2023

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GPhC sets its sights on three more underperforming universities

Regulator to watch closely how candidates from three pharmacy schools fare in November

10 Oct 2023

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London Ambulance Service’s first chief pharmacist wins award

Sumithra Maheswaran was crowned Innovation Champion at the 2023 Ambulance Leadership Forum Awards.

10 Oct 2023

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WhatsApp group chat helped pharmacy staff spot fake prescription

A staff member at a branch of Well Pharmacy in Maude Street, Kendal, spotted a prescription for diazepam was fake.

10 Oct 2023

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ADHD drugs shortages causing panic among some patients

Some patients are asking pharmacies to dispense their doses in different combinations to meet their prescriptions.

09 Oct 2023

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Can we afford the future of pharmacy?

Think tanks are looking into pharmacy's prospects – but they shouldn't forget the economic view

09 Oct 2023

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Boots pharmacists to receive 5% pay increase from November 1

One-off £750 payment for eligible pharmacists and managers in addition to pay uplift

09 Oct 2023

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Pharmacy2U picks up LloydsDirect for an undisclosed amount

The merger brings together the UK’s two biggest online pharmacy businesses.

09 Oct 2023

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Regional multiples boost market share by 40% as large chains downsize

The number of pharmacies owned by mid-size operators has leapt by 40 per cent in the 12 months to April.

06 Oct 2023

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Moderna's dual flu and Covid vaccine produces promising trial results

The vaccine, called mRNA-1083, produced a similar or greater immune response to Fluarix and Fluzone HD and a similar immune response to Spikevax.

06 Oct 2023

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