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Hub and spoke set to be adopted by first pharmacy chain in Northern Ireland

MediCare Pharmacy will base the hub in Belfast where two automated dispensing lines will label 3,000 packs an hour.

20 Mar 2026

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Opinion: This outrageous renomination game has to stop

With pharmacy under such pressure, some businesses appear to be turning to ever more extreme tactics to keep afloat as unauthorised patient renominations risk spiralling out of control.

20 Mar 2026

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Pharmacist who made serious CD governance failures struck off register

Simon Addison Smith failed to have a risk assessment in place for services Cannabliss Ltd provided.

19 Mar 2026

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Asda to offer MenB vaccine dual dose at cost price of £150

Chain to prioritise 18-25 year olds with vaccine supply as it cuts price by £30

19 Mar 2026

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Pharmacy worker wins £2k in age-related harassment tribunal

Tribunal awards £2k in relation to 'comments made by a pharmacist'

19 Mar 2026

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Court fines Portadown nurse £720 for unlawful possession of prescription medicines

Enforcement officers visited the home of Nafeyka Chavdarova, 44, which was operating as an aesthetics clinic.

19 Mar 2026

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Risks of ‘excessive’ reliever inhaler use ‘not fully recognised’ finds inquest

Awareness lacking around significance of increased use of blue inhalers, coroner reports

19 Mar 2026

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Name change for Dr Falk budesonide suppositories

No change to strength, formulation, active ingredient or excipients.

18 Mar 2026

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Pharmacist who accessed patient’s medical records without permission warned

Victoria Kym Thomas (registration 5026916) had been in a relationship with the patient.

18 Mar 2026

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Superdrug pharmacists get 3% pay rise in first union agreement

NQ salary to remain at £50k from April - but other pay bandings to rise

18 Mar 2026

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CPPSG focuses on methadone in new Bank Holiday resource

The Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group has released two resources to support pharmacy teams with opioid treatment programmes.

18 Mar 2026

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Pharmacies flooded with meningitis queries as outbreak strain confirmed

Some pharmacies received 30 meningitis vaccine requests this morning says NPA.

17 Mar 2026

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‘Protections removed entirely’: RPS opposes assisted dying bill

RPS Scotland warns it cannot support bill as MSPs prepare for vote.

17 Mar 2026

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Pharmacy group set to fill void left by Jhoots closures in Portishead

Magna Pharmacy Group opened a branch at the entrance of Waitrose and will open one in Portishead Health Centre.

17 Mar 2026

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Pharmacies should provide meningitis jabs on NHS

Calls for pharmacies to provide catch-up meningitis vaccinations in wake of Kent outbreak.

16 Mar 2026

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Labour must not implement prescribing prematurely, warns IPCN

The Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network warned prescribing “must be fully funded”.

16 Mar 2026

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