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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.

We cover a variety of pharmacy topics, including new government policies, employment updates, latest therapeutic, clinical and business developments, new prescriptions on the market, and more. Stay informed about everything happening in the pharmacy world and enhance your knowledge and understanding. 

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Pharmacies report 'antivax law firm' to the police after 'threatening letter'

Letter makes false claims about police investigation into Covid vaccine roll out.

11 Feb 2022

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Pharmacy support within GP practices gets £80m boost in Scotland

The money will bolster pharmacy's role in repeat prescriptions and medication reviews in practices.

11 Feb 2022

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GPhC stresses need for pharmacy workers to get Covid vaccine

The regulator urges pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy students and trainees to get vaccinated.

11 Feb 2022

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APTUK appoints Claire Steele as new president

Ms Steele replaces Liz Fidler, who stood down as president in late 2021.

10 Feb 2022

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Pharmacies supply over 820,000 lateral flow tests in Northern Ireland

Over 5.7 million individual tests have been distributed by 500 pharmacies in 580 locations.

10 Feb 2022

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'Really difficult' to recruit pharmacists says Rowlands MD

Pharmacies are competing with NHS employers for personnel, says Nigel Swift.

10 Feb 2022

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EPB chair: Pharmacy can help NHS clear Covid backlog

RPS says pharmacies can help NHS free up resources to concentrate on care backlog.

09 Feb 2022

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CCA claims sector is battling 'shortfall' of 3,000 pharmacists

CCA calculates shortage based on extrapolations from Health Education England survey.

09 Feb 2022

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Three more cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoeae detected in England

Antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes the sexually-transmitted disease gonorrhoea.

09 Feb 2022

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NICE makes landmark decision on new weight loss drug

Semaglutide, or Wegovy, is now recommended by NICE under new draft guidelines.

08 Feb 2022

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Scottish group buys pharmacy in Liverpool after securing seven-figure funding

Rightdose Pharmacy took over Meadows in Liverpool after receiving support from HSBC.

08 Feb 2022

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Police hunt man who threatened pharmacy staff with knife

CPNI chief Gerard Greene said it was "unacceptable to hear reports of staff being violently threatened in an attempted robbery."

08 Feb 2022

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DH 'assumed' pharmacy scheme would save £100m, finds damning report

"It was assumed" by Government that Pharmacy Earlier Payment Scheme would deliver savings, says PAC.

08 Feb 2022

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GPhC fails to meet FtP standards for third successive year

The regulator met 15 out of 18 standards in the Professional Standards Authority's latest performance review.

07 Feb 2022

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Antimicrobial resistance contributes to 5 million deaths yearly

AMR needs a global response on a scale with that mounted against Covid-19, say researchers.

07 Feb 2022

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Interview: Spotting cancer warning signs in the pharmacy

Award-winning Exeter pharmacist Jackie Lewis tells PM there is 'so much' pharmacists can do.

04 Feb 2022

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