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Business environment,

Pharmacist sells pharmacy in Worcester after 30 years

D L Ogle Pharmacy in Worcester dispenses an average of 12,000 items a month according to Christie & Co who brokered the deal.

08 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

Policy,

RPS launches general election manifesto on pharmacy

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society urged its members to send the manifesto to potential candidates in their local constituencies.

08 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding,

We’ll resist HMRC raid on independents’ bank accounts, insists NPA

The NPA's Gareth Jones says it will push back against HMRC's decision to classify all locums as employees for tax purposes.

05 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

Contract,

MPs’ letter urges Leadsom to support pharmacies against “unprecedented” pressures

Twenty MPs including former home secretary Priti Patel urged Leadsom to consider a “fair and fit-for-purpose funding model”.

05 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

Medicines,

New patient safety alert issued concerning GLP-1 shortages

Supplies of the diabetes drug class not expected to return to normal until the end of 2024 at the earliest.

05 Jan 2024 , 2 Min Article

Policy,

Online pharmacy guidance is clear, GPhC chief insists after BBC exposé

BBC reporters were able to buy over 1,600 prescription-only medicines from online pharmacies by entering false information.

05 Jan 2024 , 6 Min Article

Medicines,

Three brands of isosorbide mononitrate are out of stock, warns DHSC

Nyzamac SR 40mg capsules, Zemon 40XL 40mg tablets and Isotard 40XL 40mg tablets are out of stock.

04 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

Public health,

MHRA issues warning about missing Cozaar 100mg tablets information

The regulator said the sentence ‘grapefruit juice should be avoided while taking Cozaar’ is missing in some patient information leaflets.

04 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

Practice,

NHSE and GPhC warn of “exceptional challenges” facing pharmacy teams

In an unusual move, David Webb and Duncan Rudkin seek to reassure pharmacists that current pressures would be taken into account in the event of regulatory action.

04 Jan 2024 , 3 Min Article

Business environment,

Pharmacist expands reach after buying pharmacy in Wigan

Stuart Ellis, who runs Millenium Pharmacy in St.Helens, completed the purchase of J England Pharmacy in Wigan.

03 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

PDA,

We secured over £500k in settlements for members in 2023, claims PDA

The union said it helped individual employed pharmacists secure pay-outs ranging from under £10,000 to over £125,000.

03 Jan 2024 , 4 Min Article

Employment,

Sector could face £550m retrospective tax bill if locums classed as employees says CCA

HMRC’s long running investigation into whether self-employed locum pharmacists used by pharmacies are employed for tax purposes covered in Financial Times

02 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

Contract,

New Cat M prices means AIV down 14p in Q1, warns CPE

Community Pharmacy England is warning of a reduction of £38 million in reimbursement in the first quarter of 2024 following publication of the Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for January.

02 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

People,

Pharmacy worker who poisoned lover jailed for seven years

Lily Cartier, 53, from Felbridge in Surrey, poisoned 71-year-old John Sharrard with drugs she stole from the pharmacy she worked in.

02 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

Education & training,

Bath and Plymouth join forces in bid to increase pharmacist numbers in South West

University of Plymouth to offer Bath pharmacy degree from September 2024 in partnership that aims to address a shortage of pharmacists in the South West of England.

02 Jan 2024 , 4 Min Article

Contract,

Roll-out of Pharmacy First a 'pivotal moment' says CPhO David Webb

Pharmacy First “provides an opportunity for community pharmacy to step more fully into its clinical future as part of the integrated NHS primary care team," he says in an end-of-year letter to the sector.

19 Dec 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist sells pharmacy in Worcester after 30 years

RPS launches general election manifesto on pharmacy

We’ll resist HMRC raid on independents’ bank accounts, insists NPA

MPs’ letter urges Leadsom to support pharmacies against “unprecedented” pressures

New patient safety alert issued concerning GLP-1 shortages

Online pharmacy guidance is clear, GPhC chief insists after BBC exposé

Three brands of isosorbide mononitrate are out of stock, warns DHSC

MHRA issues warning about missing Cozaar 100mg tablets information

NHSE and GPhC warn of “exceptional challenges” facing pharmacy teams

Pharmacist expands reach after buying pharmacy in Wigan

We secured over £500k in settlements for members in 2023, claims PDA

Sector could face £550m retrospective tax bill if locums classed as employees says CCA

New Cat M prices means AIV down 14p in Q1, warns CPE

Pharmacy worker who poisoned lover jailed for seven years

Bath and Plymouth join forces in bid to increase pharmacist numbers in South West

Roll-out of Pharmacy First a 'pivotal moment' says CPhO David Webb

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Pharmacist sells pharmacy in Worcester after 30 years

RPS launches general election manifesto on pharmacy

We’ll resist HMRC raid on independents’ bank accounts, insists NPA

MPs’ letter urges Leadsom to support pharmacies against “unprecedented” pressures

New patient safety alert issued concerning GLP-1 shortages

Online pharmacy guidance is clear, GPhC chief insists after BBC exposé

Three brands of isosorbide mononitrate are out of stock, warns DHSC

MHRA issues warning about missing Cozaar 100mg tablets information

NHSE and GPhC warn of “exceptional challenges” facing pharmacy teams

Pharmacist expands reach after buying pharmacy in Wigan

We secured over £500k in settlements for members in 2023, claims PDA

Sector could face £550m retrospective tax bill if locums classed as employees says CCA

New Cat M prices means AIV down 14p in Q1, warns CPE

Pharmacy worker who poisoned lover jailed for seven years

Bath and Plymouth join forces in bid to increase pharmacist numbers in South West

Roll-out of Pharmacy First a 'pivotal moment' says CPhO David Webb