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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

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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

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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

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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

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Regulation changes: Easements or appeasements?

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

07 Jun 2023

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Man gets five years for illegal possession and intent to supply

MHRA investigation leads to five year sentence for West Midlands man found in possession of over 23,000 zopiclone and zolpidem tablets

06 Jun 2023

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