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Pharmacies in dispute with DH over blister pack provision

NI Department of Health says pharmacy funding demands are 'unrealistic'

13 Apr 2023 , 1 Min Article

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DH imposes discount deduction hike ‘under pressure from NHSE’

Ministers impose rate increase to 20 per cent on generics after PSNC rejects it

30 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Demanding unused ARRS funds is not the way

Calls to transfer unspent funding from the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) for PCNs to community pharmacies to pay for a second pharmacist are based on faulty logic, argues Liam Stapleton

16 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Budget 2023: VAT exemption extended to services supervised by pharmacists

Exemption to include services delivered by non-registered pharmacy staff, says chancellor

16 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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PSNC tells Government: No PQS or new services without more funding

PSNC warns Contraception Service must be stalled without offer of extra funding

14 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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PSNC rejects Government’s ‘insufficient’ pricing reform proposals

DHSC offer on relief measures and price concession reform 'nowhere near far enough'

20 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Social enterprise bank helps Glasgow pharmacist buy first pharmacy

Frasers Pharmacy renamed Broom Pharmacy as Clare Brogan plans to grow team

01 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Banks remain keen to support pharmacy acquisitions

Hutchings Consultants said the number of pharmacies brought to market will increase as multiples “continue divestment plans.”

17 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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DHSC grants record 199 concessions for December

December list included £40.25 concessionary price for gapapentin 600mg tablets

03 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Overpayment on prescriptions reached £43m in 2021-22

Over a million people in England overpaid because they did not buy an NHS prescription prepayment certificate

03 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Will 2023 bring more of the same?

Pharmacies all but kept primary care in England running throughout Covid – but there has been scant recognition of their efforts from the Government. Will 2023 shift the dial on pharmacy funding, asks PM deputy editor Arthur Walsh

23 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Community pharmacy bodies appeal for urgent investment

Community pharmacy has issued its starkest warning yet about the state of the sector in England, in a joint letter to secretary of state Steve Barclay

22 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article

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PSNC chief: Some people 'just want pharmacy to go back to 2015'

Dispensing is essential – but we must all accept that change needs to happen, says Morrison

06 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy students may struggle to get GP training places due to tariff payments

Pharmacy Schools Council issues warning about clinical tariff funding mechanisms

24 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Department launches ‘emergency review’ of NI pharmacies

Department 'very conscious' of the funding challenges facing Northern Ireland's pharmacies

22 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Autumn budget: Pharmacies need a share of NHS spending boost

Pharmacies need a fair share of the £6.6bn funding boost announced today, says NPA

17 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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