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No more free work: Pharmacists reject ‘strike breaking’ reports

'We're not even funded enough for core activities,' says one pharmacist in response to media reports

05 Dec 2022

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Life-extending prostate cancer drug fast-tracked to NHS

Darolutamide will be available “on a budget-neutral basis to the NHS" for men whose cancer has spread

28 Nov 2022

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Vaccine fatigue has set in, claims Well study

Of the 2,000 individuals who took part, 25 per cent said they detected a lack of motivation among people to get jabbed

23 Nov 2022

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CCA: Hunt must include pharmacy in workforce plan

The body also reiterated its call for an urgent community pharmacy economic and workforce review

18 Nov 2022

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Change agent

More than 99 per cent of the 710 community pharmacies in Wales now offer the new Clinical Community Pharmacy Service; more than one in five have an independent prescriber. Chief pharmaceutical officer Andrew Evans on a decade of change

16 Nov 2022

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Cost of primary care prescribing rose £100m last year

Primary care prescriptions accounted for 50 per cent of all prescribing costs, says NHS BSA

10 Nov 2022

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Teva's Innes warns Barclay of increasing pressure on pharmacies

Pharmacies under pressure from increased costs and risk of power cuts, says Teva general manager

10 Nov 2022

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Triple threat is the reality for the NHS, says Confederation

Grim warning from the NHS umbrella body, failures in diagnostics, but interoperability a step closer

04 Nov 2022

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Brine election as Committee chair generates optimism within pharmacy

Ex-pharmacy minister Steve Brine promised to “press” the government “about getting better value for our money."

04 Nov 2022

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Adding to pharmacy’s case

What are the key messages in the NPA's latest contribution to making the case for more investment in community pharmacy in England?

04 Nov 2022

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CCA chief issues stark funding warning to new pharmacy minister

Neil O’Brien is the fourth pharmacy minister this year following Maria Caulfield, James Morris and Will Quince.

03 Nov 2022

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Time running out to complete pharmacy workforce survey

Pharmacy contractors in England have until November 30 to complete Health Education England’s mandatory survey.

03 Nov 2022

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Clinical services will create a stable pharmacy network in Wales

Welsh CPhO Andrew Evans says clinical services make pharmacy 'an investable proposition'

20 Oct 2022

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Pharmacists can now access NHS strategy tool to plan service delivery

NHS England used the Pharmacy Show to announce community pharmacy access to a new strategic planning tool

18 Oct 2022

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We must listen to contractors and take them seriously, says CPhO

A contractor tells Webb she can't offer extra services because of the staffing costs involved

18 Oct 2022

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Government tax is ‘contributing’ to medicines shortage, warns BGMA chief

Trebling of medicines tax is disrupting the fragile medicines market, warns generics chief

13 Oct 2022

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