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Remuneration systems must allow pharmacies ‘to look forward and develop’

Numark chairman Harry McQuillan urged the governments in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to follow Scotland's example.

07 Mar 2024

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Editor’s view: Stirrings from Sheffield

Pharmacy’s reimbursement system is finished. Urgent reform is needed or more businesses will bite the dust, says PM editor Richard Thomas.

01 Nov 2023

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Ministers to debate future of pharmacy at Westminster next week

The debate, which takes place on September 14, was secured by the Conservative MP Peter Aldous.

06 Sep 2023

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Scottish pharmacies receive emergency funding injection

Community Pharmacy Scotland says the money still isn't enough to cover medicines price increases.

01 Jun 2023

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Minister: Pharmacy closures not a sign of Government failure

How patients use their pharmacies will be 'the real measure' says Lord Markham

19 May 2023

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Pharmacists are leaving GP practices to return to community

Avon LPC chief officer Richard Brown said some GP pharmacists are frustrated at having “very little” patient contact and not enough clinical services.

31 Mar 2023

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#SaveOurPharmacies campaign brought to MPs as petition reaches 30k signatures

Representatives hold summit with MPs as campaign gains momentum

21 Mar 2023

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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

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Welsh Government to invest in digital maternity services system

The new system will allow important information to be shared with pregnant women and all those involved in their care.

17 Jan 2023

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Opinion: There must be fuel in the tank

I recently took the opportunity to explain the consequences of the financial squeeze on community pharmacy to MPs at Westminster, says Sanjeev Panesar, NPA board member

11 Nov 2022

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Commentary: Decline must be reversed

The Government needs to act now to reverse the worrying decline in community pharmacies in England, says Phoenix boss Steve Anderson

11 Nov 2022

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PSNC reaches contract deal with Government

Agreement finally reached on years 4 and 5 of the contractual framework in England.

22 Sep 2022

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Independent pharmacy is at risk of extinction, Tory peer warns

Lord Grade warns a contract that has not kept pace with inflation is imperilling small pharmacies

16 Aug 2022

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PSNC warns pharmacy minister of "serious" funding pressures

Ongoing funding pressures, workforce and capacity are taking a toll, the minister heard.

22 Nov 2021

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