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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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Boots pharmacists reject 2pc pay increase, consider industrial action

The PDA is pushing for pharmacists to get an extra 3.25 per cent to cope with inflation.

24 Oct 2021

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NI health secretary acclaims pharmacy's role over last 100 years

Swann paid tribute to pharmacy teams during the NPA's centenary dinner in Northern Ireland.

22 Oct 2021

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Numark MD: We should follow Scotland's Pharmacy First approach

Jeremy Meader warns the £250m GP winter package will not give patients access to services they need.

22 Oct 2021

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LPC representation vote 'could disenfranchise independents'

The proposed voting quotas could stack the odds against independents says NPA.

22 Oct 2021

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Interview: Alison Strath, Scotland's chief pharmaceutical officer

Workforce issues loom large in Strath's in-tray, she reveals in an exclusive interview.

22 Oct 2021

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NHSE: 1,300 pharmacy sites are providing Covid booster jabs

The director for primary care strategy and NHS contracts at NHSE&I said that number will increase.

21 Oct 2021

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Insight: Our new pre-reg is restoring my faith in the future

Recruiting a trainee pharmacist outside the Oriel system pays dividends for one contractor.

21 Oct 2021

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Wholesaler tries to raise 'tens of millions' after MHRA suspension

One of the largest UK drug wholesalers seeks cash injection, Sky reports.

21 Oct 2021

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NHS to fund community pharmacy integration leads

Pharmacy Integration Fund to finance integration leads for at least two years.

21 Oct 2021

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Self care strategy 'needed to prevent NHS overload'

The PAGB blueprint recommends giving pharmacists read-write access and allowing them to refer onwards.

20 Oct 2021

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NHS: No plans to let patients self-refer for minor ailments

Patients "really value" the CPCS model, NHS England's Anne Joshua said.

20 Oct 2021

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Online pharmacy 'could undermine face-to-face services'

Online pharmacy "reduces medicines to a commodity," the GPhC's Nigel Clarke warned.

19 Oct 2021

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Government won't acknowledge our skills, says pharmacist MP

The Government has consistently failed to recognise our value, says Taiwo Owatemi.

19 Oct 2021

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Mental health champions should be in all pharmacies across the country

Mental health first aiders have a crucial role to play according to a Pharmacy Show panellist.

18 Oct 2021

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We need transparency and profession-wide talk about hub and spoke

Pharmacist Ade Williams said hub and spoke could be “a death knell for independents.”

18 Oct 2021

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Simon Dukes: Building leverage takes time

The five year funding deal isn't perfect but puts pharmacy on the right course, claims Dukes.

18 Oct 2021

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