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Is your pharmacy flu season ready?

Pharmacies are preparing for another record flu season with new systems and services

16 Sep 2025

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Don’t come to us with customer service disputes, overstretched GPhC warns public

Regulator to issue public notice outlining what it will and won't investigate

16 Sep 2025

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Figures show 16.5 million items for dependency-forming drugs prescribed in Q.1

The NHS Business Services Authority said 4.37 million patients in England were prescribed the medicines between April and June 2025.

15 Sep 2025

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Pharmacist who failed to adequately manage ordering of high-risk medicines warned

Mirrasoul Seyedi was the RP at a retail pharmacy in Benfleet where “excessive ordering of bottles of Codeine and Phenergan” took place.

15 Sep 2025

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‘Lollipops on the counter’: Well chief says pharmacy sector has ‘stood still’

From the public's perspective, little has changed since 1980s says Well CEO

15 Sep 2025

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I wish pharmacy had more resources when funding was cut, says former health secretary

Jeremy Hunt displayed regret about the Conservative Government’s decision to slash pharmacy funding in December 2015.

12 Sep 2025

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‘Pharmacists Everywhere’ in new Boots ‘behaviour change’ TV campaign

'Pharmacists Everywhere' campaign launches across a range of channels

12 Sep 2025

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Up to 800 pharmacy apprentices affected as training provider closes suddenly

Woodspeen Training goes under after Government terminates contract

12 Sep 2025

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‘Well-known’ London pharmacy sold out of administration

Petter Pharmacy went into administration in 2023

12 Sep 2025

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CCA conference: Pharmacy key to boosting primary care capacity

Company Chemists’ Association sets out its ambitions for sector in new Prospectus, published today.

11 Sep 2025

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Pharmacist MP approaches NHS about removing Jhoots' contract

Sadik Al-Hassan says unexpected closure of local Jhoots 'completely unacceptable'

11 Sep 2025

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Obituary: Simon Driver

Former Cegedim Rx managing director, Simon Driver, died last week.

10 Sep 2025

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Pharmacist to open pharmacies in Newcastle after ICB’s decision quashed

Habib Jiwa, 30, a director at Jiwa Pharm Limited, can open pharmacies in Heaton and Kenton which have been hit by pharmacy closures.

10 Sep 2025

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NHSBSA stonewalling us over £1,600 in lost Pharmacy First earnings, says Swindon contractor

'Bureaucracy overruling common sense' says contractor struggling with BSA intransigence

10 Sep 2025

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IPA seeks meeting with pharmacy minister after 'troubling' survey

Pharmacies face deep rooted prejudice from NHS management and lack a level playing field with other healthcare professionals, alleges the IPA.

09 Sep 2025

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Pharmacist runs for charity after losing thigh muscle to rare cancer

GP pharmacist from Durham runs Great North Run on behalf of Sarcoma UK

08 Sep 2025

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