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Pharmacy Magazine's news channel will keep you up to date with the most relevant news for pharmacists within the UK pharmacy sector. We select our pharmacy news topics with pharmacists, pharmacy advisors, and pharmacy technicians specifically in mind.

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Positive workplace culture to the fore in ACTNow 2023

Pharmacist Support's annual campaign will focus on resources and strategies supporting colleagues facing distress, and fostering a growth mindset

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Our IT systems need to focus on the patient

A coroner recently criticised a pharmacy IT system, suggesting that it could have contributed to the death of a child. Could this be the time to pause and ask whether our pharmacy systems are fit for purpose for the future, asks Liam Stapleton

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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We must develop a mental health support role

Why do we continue to think of our role solely in terms of medicines optimisation? Post-pandemic demand for mental health support means pharmacy has the ideal opportunity to offer solutions and make a difference, says Ade Williams

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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NAFLD in younger people increases risk of cancer...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases the likelihood of developing cancer. Now a new study shows that the younger people develop NAFLD, the greater their cancer risk.

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

opioids

Tailor opioids to cut risk of diversion and misuse

Opioid prescribing should be adapted to specific conditions to reduce the risk of misuse from diverted unused medication, according to Canadian research presented at the recent European Emergency Medicine Congress.

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Females more likely to have flu jab reactions

Biological females are more likely than males to develop adverse events after seasonal flu vaccination, according to a recent meta-analysis of 34,343 patients in 18 randomised controlled trials.

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Rising business costs see Day Lewis’s profits fall by a quarter

Rise in turnover offset by 17 per cent jump in administrative spending in 2022-23

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Phoenix UK digital director becomes PharmAssist Solutions MD

Alex Potter succeeds Amar Randhawa, PharmAssist’s founder and managing director who recently stepped down.

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

online-pharmacy

Making collections more convenient

Most people are now familiar with accessing goods and services at the click of a button – a fundamental shift in consumer habits that community pharmacies must not ignore, says Gary Paragpuri

04 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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All valproate products now classified as special containers

New reimbursement procedures for valproate-containing medicines announced

04 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy workload, wellbeing and patient safety report published

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Pharmacist Support call for employers to be supported to “actively look at managing workload."

04 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Working through umbrella firms

It is important that locums — and the pharmacies that hire them — conduct their due diligence to ensure that they are working with compliant accredited umbrella providers, not disguised remuneration schemes, says Crawford Temple, chief executive of Professional Passport

04 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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RPS supports pharmacy technicians using PGDs but with caveats

The professional leadership body said they should do so but only once they have received the “right training, education and workplace support.”

03 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Alliance Healthcare raise over £100k for three charities

Money was raised for Action Medical Research, Vitamin Angels UK and the Theodora Children’s Charity.

03 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Britons not making use of free health checks, research indicates

Four in 10 attend no health checks while smear test attendance is well below European average

02 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Free EHC now available to all women from Cornwall pharmacies

Council to fund free pharmacy EHC provision for all 'regardless of age'

02 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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