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Clinical services

Clinical services growth accelerates

CPCS is taking off, according to the latest NHS data

2 Min Article

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Public health

Buyers beware in the LFT 'wild west'

Community pharmacists looking to sell Covid-19 lateral flow tests to customers may want to check they are buying products that can legitimately be sold in the UK

2 Min Article

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Employment

Don't let secrets walk out the door

Key players regularly move around, whether to further careers, branch out or set up a business which rivals their former employer. But how can a pharmacy protect its confidential information when an employee leaves?

2 Min Article

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Business environment

All four one, one four all?

With Scotland and England’s community pharmacy contracts up for renegotiation, Wales having secured a new deal and Northern Ireland hinting at a new approach, health economist Leela Barham takes stock and asks: who, when, what, why, and so what?

4 Min Article

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Digital & technology

Hub and spoke 2.0

As the Government opens another consultation on hub and spoke dispensing, are the benefits any clearer, and the pitfalls any closer to being resolved?

1 Min Article

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Legal

Working past 65: do's and don'ts

Those who use data and evidence to inform decisions stand a much better chance of staying out of an employment tribunal

1 Min Article

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Efficiency

Payment mistakes: a guide

As cash continues to decline inn use, the banking industry and Government are under pressure to provide better safeguards to protect customers

1 Min Article

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Legal

Soaring energy bills: whose tab?

With energy and utility costs rising fast, who pays in a business occupying rented premises? And what can be done to mitigate further increases?

1 Min Article

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Efficiency

A PMR check in

Annual update: PMR suppliers continue to step up their offerings to meet the evolving demands on their systems 

1 Min Article

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Contract

For healthier incentives, go north

Scotland’s three-year funding deal for community pharmacy has a year to run. Leela Barham argues that, on paper at least, the deal has good incentives for helping to keep people healthy

1 Min Article

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