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Potential bidders for Boots have two weeks to make an offer

Initial bids are to be submitted by the end of the month according to reports.

14 Feb 2022

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Police in Greater Manchester find controlled and prescription drugs on street  

The medicines seized included pregabalin, flucloxacillin, nitrazepam and zopiclone.

14 Feb 2022

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Wales moves to longer standard prescribing cycles to 'free capacity'

Suitable patients to be moved from 28 day prescribing to 56 days under new guidance.

14 Feb 2022

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Does the common cold protect against Covid?

Higher levels of memory T-cells correlated with lower levels of Covid infection.

11 Feb 2022

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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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