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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."

The DHSC has ordered 400,000 extra doses of the adult flu vaccine for the 2019-20 flu season, it was announced yesterday.

Pharmacists have been granted powers to dispense an “alternative strength or pharmaceutical form” of fluoxetine.

Several HRT suppliers are putting “demand management processes” in place in the wake of acute stock shortages.

The DHSC has said the data it collects on medicines prices has improved since new regulations came into force.

The Government has launched a consultation on community pharmacy reimbursement reforms.

The new contractual framework will considerably expand clinical services from pharmacies over the next five years.

Category M reimbursement prices will increase by £15 million a month from August, the DHSC has said.

Pharmacy minister Seema Kennedy said she is “alert” to the difficulties facing community pharmacy contractors.

Prescription charges are causing over half of asthma patients in England to cut back on their medications, Asthma UK has warned.

Legislation has been laid before Parliament and is expected to be enforced in early February, it has been announced

A £15 million increase in Category M reimbursement prices from August 2018 is "very positive" news, PSNC has said