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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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PSNI delay over fee payments is to ‘detriment’ of pharmacists, warns PDA

The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland said legislation had delayed its introduction of quarterly direct debit fee payments.

14 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Government greenlights two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing for January 2025

Legislation to enable two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing across the UK are planned to come into effect on 1 January 2025 “to gives the pharmacy sector time to explore the relevance of the new hub-and-spoke models to their businesses”.

14 May 2024 , 4 Min Article

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Boots parent ‘revisiting plan to sell its UK business’

WBA stock rallies amid reports it is once more eyeing a sale of the Boots UK business.

14 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

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DiCE responds to PDA concerns over online prescribing guidance

“The providers interacting in the DiCE Forum would strongly refute that their service was unprofessional or solely commercially driven."

14 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Police appeal for information about theft at Hampshire pharmacy

Police have today appealed for information after moisturiser was stolen from a Kamsons pharmacy in Hampshire.

14 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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APTUK president: Pharmacy technicians can get more qualifications to help patients

The Association of Pharmacy Technicians president Nicola Stockmann said the pharmacy technician debate should be framed around “scope of practice.”

13 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Maxwellia celebrates double success at awards

Maxwellia's emergency contraceptive pill brand LoviOne clinched two awards at the Prolific North Champions Awards.

13 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Numark chairman praises “bold and forward-looking” NI community pharmacy vision

Harry McQuillan said Numark will “be working to fully support its members” to deliver the six priorities in Northern Ireland.

13 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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NHSE will scrutinise Pharmacy First data for ‘outliers’ abusing service

We take monitoring of the service seriously, NHS official tells Clinical Pharmacy Congress.

13 May 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Long read: Time to bite the CPPE bullet – some facts, history and proposals

It is great to see the work on reform of professional leadership in pharmacy finally starting its delivery phase. The appointments to the UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board should get the show properly on the road, says Keith Ridge, former chief pharmaceutical officer for England.

13 May 2024 , 7 Min Article

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More independent prescribing training places announced

An additional 3,000 training places for community pharmacy was announced by CPhO David Webb at this year’s CPC.

10 May 2024 , 3 Min Article

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I am standing for the RPS English Pharmacy Board. This is why

Ankish Patel, chief pharmacist and head of PCN Workforce Nottingham City GP Alliance, explains why he is a candidate.

10 May 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Drug shortages ‘beyond critical’ as pharmacies forced to ring up GPs every day

Pharmacy team members report spending over an hour each day tackling meds shortages.

09 May 2024 , 3 Min Article

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RPS membership numbers drop again

According to the Society’s 2023 Annual Report, there were a total of 37,474 members at the end of 2023 compared with 38,193 in 2022.

09 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Boots tells staff to report ‘any pressure’ to hit Pharmacy First ‘targets’

Stores director says progress reports not intended to put pressure on staff.

09 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

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East Midlands brothers buy their 14th pharmacy

Saraj Pharmacy in Loughborough sold after 'high levels of interest and offers'

09 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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