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Government proposes POM to P switch for HRT product

MHRA launches a proposal on reclassifying the HRT vaginal tablet Gina 10.

02 Feb 2022

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AAH pledges millions to improve its delivery service

AAH will invest around £30m over three years to improve its fleet of delivery vans.

02 Feb 2022

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Refocusing regulation

Nigel Clarke has chaired the profession's regulator for the last eight years. He says the pandemic has helped focus the GPhC on enabling the good.

02 Feb 2022

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News diary: January 2022

A new chief pharmacist, good news in Scotland and Wales, and an innovative service comes to Cornwall

02 Feb 2022

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Let's talk about sex...

With GP and sexual health clinics under strain, pharmacies are increasingly finding themselves the first port of call for sexual health.

02 Feb 2022

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A new prescription for Wales

Published just before Christmas, the Welsh Government’s A New Prescription/Presgripsiwn Newydd might not have got the attention it deserves

02 Feb 2022

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Missed flu targets costs £169,000

An FOI response shows 424 community pharmacies have had money taken back for missing last year’s PCN-level flu target

02 Feb 2022

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Get moving on joint pain

In a recent poll, 39 per cent of Brits report experiencing chronic pain. It seems the pandemic has affected the nation's joint and muscle health

02 Feb 2022

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Two years in, is it time CPCS got a tweak?

Leela Barham looks at calls for reform of the CPCS and the claim that it could save the NHS £640 million a year if GP practices and patients buy in

02 Feb 2022

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Workforce pressure cooking

The pandemic has put the pharmacy workforce under immense pressure. Pay and conditions; recruitment and retention. This is a compounding crisis

02 Feb 2022

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Inspire confidence in colonoscopy

Your interventions could drive up diagnostic screening take up

01 Feb 2022

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Pharmacy, Covid and data protection

Data protection compliance has never been more pertinent

01 Feb 2022

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Disagreeable directors

Parting company with an employee is one thing, but what happens when it’s a director, maybe one who is also a shareholder? 

01 Feb 2022

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Harsh, very harsh

The news that 424 community pharmacies have had Pharmacy Quality Scheme monies clawed back is incredibly frustrating. 

01 Feb 2022

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Time for eggshells

Are we missing a trick with CPCS because we're not thinking outside the box?

01 Feb 2022

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GPhC: 'Consistent approach' to staff vaccination policy needed

As Javid prepares for a U-turn on vaccine mandates, GPhC calls for consistent guidelines.

01 Feb 2022

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