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Pharmacist education changes being rushed through warns PDA

The PDA is concerned reforms to the initial education and training of pharmacists lack detail and are being rushed through.

DHSC is once again asking suppliers to stockpile 6 weeks' supply of medicines.

A Government PPE ordering facility is now accepting orders from community pharmacy teams for the first time.

The Department of Health and Social Care has today announced the second wave of price concessions for July.

The government has added new groups of people to the upcoming national flu vaccination programme.

A revised pharmacy quality scheme for the first part of 2020-21 has been agreed.

Contractors are to receive a further £20 million cash advance at the end of June, bringing the total cash injections from Government to £370m.

Medicines stockpiled by in preparation for a no deal Brexit are running out due to the pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry has warned.

The DHSC says no pharmacy team member needs to isolate for 14 days if they were wearing PPE at the time of Covid-19 contact.

PSNC says the DHSC will increase medicine reimbursement prices by £15 million next month.

More details have been made available on the eligibility criteria for the Government's controversial new life assurance scheme.

There are no plans to release medicines from the DHSC's reduced Essential Medicines Buffer Stockpile.

Pharmacy wholesalers can now hold supplies of cannabis-based medicines for future use by patients.

The DHSC has announced the prescription charge in England will increase from April 1.

The NPA is launching an economic analysis on the impact of the five-year funding settlement on independent pharmacies.

The government is planning to offer pharmacists and paramedics a fast-track conversion course to retrain as doctors.

DHSC advises no-deal preparations should cease.

An export ban on colestyramine sachets and fluticasone propionate nasules came into effect on December 5.

Four more medicines have been added to the list of those that cannot be parallel exported from the UK.

The government reveals plans to “increase the range of professions able to prescribe low-risk medicines."