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Over 3k former pharmacists rejoin the register

The GPhC gives ‘temporary registration’ to 3,332 former pharmacists during the Covid-19 pandemic.

27 Mar 2020

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast: Talking Covid 27/3/20

This week has seen community pharmacies face impossible conditions. Will the powers that be step in to offer support, we ask in a new round table podcast.

27 Mar 2020

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Yorkshire pharmacies warn of rise in abuse from public

Over 40 per cent of community pharmacies in North Yorkshire have said they have encountered violence and abuse.

26 Mar 2020

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Contractors make urgent plea to chancellor on wholesale bills

Community pharmacy contractors warn the government they need urgent funding to pay their wholesaler bills.

25 Mar 2020

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RPS: Pharmacy teams need priority supermarket slots

The RPS calls for pharmacy staff to access priority opening hours in supermarkets for NHS staff. 

25 Mar 2020

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Pharmacies could sell COVID-19 tests to public 'within days'

Community pharmacies may be able to sell rapid COVID-19 tests to the public within days.

25 Mar 2020

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Over 100 pledge to help pharmacies fight COVID-19

Over 100 people have offered their services to community pharmacies through a new employment matching platform.

24 Mar 2020

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PDA vows to support pharmacists for coronavirus-related work

The PDA reassures pharmacists it will support them against compensation claims or action arising from their COVID-19 efforts.

 

24 Mar 2020

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Govt announcement on medicine deliveries 'irresponsible'

A contractor is critical of the communities minister for announcing a medicines delivery service that's yet to start.

24 Mar 2020

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Urgent call for COVID-19 testing for pharmacy staff

People working in pharmacies urgently need access to testing, the sector negotiator in Northern Ireland has said.

24 Mar 2020

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Paracetamol subject to export ban for the first time

The DHSC has added a further 82 lines to the list of medicines that cannot be parallel exported from the UK.

24 Mar 2020

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COVID-19 medicines delivery service imminent

The government says it will work with pharmacies to deliver prescriptions to 1.5 million "extremely vulnerable" patients.

23 Mar 2020

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COVID-19: Pharmacies given more say on opening hours

Community pharmacies have greater flexibility to decide the hours they are open to the public under new SOPs.

23 Mar 2020

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Lloyds cuts opening hours to meet prescription demand

LloydsPharmacy announces new opening hours for its 1,5000 UK pharmacies to cope with the Covid-19 outbreak.

23 Mar 2020

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CMA sets up Covid-19 taskforce to stop price rises

The Competition and Markets Authority has set up a taskforce to crack down on retailers increasing the price of goods.

20 Mar 2020

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Pharmacy teams named as 'key workers' after backlash

Pharmacists and pharmacy staff members are to be explicitly named on the Government's list of ‘key workers’.

20 Mar 2020

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