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Pass rate for registration exam dips slightly to 75 per cent

GPhC announces top line results for the June 25 registration assessment.

30 Jul 2024

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Lib Dem MP blasts ‘perverse’ NHS decisions on pharmacy market entry

“Impenetrable” bureaucratic processes blocking new pharmacy applications from independents.

29 Jul 2024

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Labour: ‘Simply not possible’ for pharmacists to police puberty blocker prescriptions

Health minister defends Labour decision to uphold ban enforced by former government.

29 Jul 2024

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‘I want to see more money for the sector’: Taiwo Owatemi MP

The MP for Coventry North West on what contractors can expect from five years of Labour

26 Jul 2024

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Labour to take pharmacy IT resilience ‘seriously’ after CrowdStrike outage

DCMS junior minister grilled on health sector IT resilience after CrowdStrike chaos

26 Jul 2024

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Wholesalers profit from ‘desperate’ patients says pharmacist MP

Labour MP says her party 'must start really looking' at the drugs supply chain

26 Jul 2024

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‘Looking beyond community pharmacy’: Rowlands acquires six hospital branches

Rowlands announces acquisition of six hospital pharmacies previously owned by Lloyds.

18 Jul 2024

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Nine serious shortage protocols for widely prescribed antipsychotic

SSPs implemented amid ongoing supply disruption to Quetiapine tablets.

18 Jul 2024

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Huge 28 per cent leap in adults prescribed ADHD drugs

Number of ADHD prescriptions rises as global shortages bite.

11 Jul 2024

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GPhC clamps down on pharmacy selling unlicensed women’s libido products

Severe restrictions placed on online pharmacy selling compound sildenafil products to women.

05 Jul 2024

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Welsh negotiator blasts ‘unacceptable’ flat funding deal

Community Pharmacy Wales outlines the terms of 2024-25 deal to frustrated contractors.

05 Jul 2024

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Look what you could have won

On polling day, Outsider imagines our Glorious Negotiators at the Bullseye podium

04 Jul 2024

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Lancashire chain seeks at least £1.8m as it offloads five pharmacies

Sykes Chemists selling a third of its branches after strategic review

04 Jul 2024

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NPA to hold second ‘day of action’ in September

NPA plans day of protest to drive funding issues home to incoming government

04 Jul 2024

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The scramble for DPPs: Can pharmacies afford to take on trainees?

Will a shortage of prescribing practitioners jeopardise the incoming foundation year trainees?

03 Jul 2024

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BMA feuds with NHS over pharmacy record sharing functionality

GPC tells practices to switch off GP Connect function amid face-off with NHS England.

03 Jul 2024

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