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Two men handed six-month prison sentences for burglary at Mansfield pharmacy

Police were alerted after an alarm went off at Rosemary Street Pharmacy at 2.50am on Saturday, November 2.

07 Nov 2024

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Pharmacist pleads not guilty to causing death of teenager by careless driving

Jagjeet Gujral, 66, appeared at Lewes Crown Court having been charged with causing the death of 18-year-old Charles Chandler in a crash.

29 Oct 2024

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We’ll support pharmacies, Kinnock says on first visit to pharmacy since taking office

Health minister Stephen Kinnock visited Bedminster Pharmacy in Bristol where he heard about how they improve the health of their community.

25 Oct 2024

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Pharmacy broker promises ‘expanded services’ as new director takes the helm

Brokerage's long-standing head of pharmacy announces early retirement

07 Oct 2024

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Up to 6,000 pharmacies take part in second NPA ‘blackout’ campaign

Pharmacies across the UK black out their windows as NPA delivers signatures to Starmer

19 Sep 2024

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Pharmacist Support calls for donations in dual funding campaign

Charity calls on the sector's supporters to consider immediate and legacy donations.

16 Sep 2024

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Boots operations executive to take top job at the multiple from November

Former Saturday boy Hemmerdinger to take the helm at Boots once Seb James exits

12 Sep 2024

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Police investigating reports of armed robbery at pharmacy in Melksham

Staff at Gompels Pharmacy in Bank Street, Melksham, were allegedly confronted by a man holding a knife on September 5.

09 Sep 2024

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Pair charged with robbery at Bristol pharmacy to appear in court this month

Natasha O'Driscoll, 34, of Northwood Park, Winterbourne, and Daniel Bennett, 41, of Wedmore Vale, Bedminster, were charged with robbery.

06 Sep 2024

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Pharmacist raises money for British Heart Foundation after dad’s death

Kirby Mercer, whose father Gary died at the age of 63 from ischaemia of the bowel, raised more than £1,500.

02 Sep 2024

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Police praise ‘heroic’ pharmacy staff as woman viciously assaulted

Cameron MacKay, 36, of Rougemont Close, carried out what Wiltshire Police described as a “sustained and vicious attack."

27 Aug 2024

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Man running ‘mobile pharmacy’ from car arrested in Wigan

The unnamed man was dispensing suspected stolen or fake prescription-only medicines from a car in Greater Manchester.

22 Aug 2024

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GP strike action impacting Pharmacy First communications

Doctors are switching off Update Record functionality as part of their collective action.

19 Aug 2024

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Pharmacy lives: Holistic health is the future

Pharmacists’ professional lives have never been more hectic or stressed. Unless we take time out for ourselves, we are at real risk of burnout, writes Sobha Sharma Kandel. So she did exactly that...

16 Aug 2024

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Viewpoint: I know what it is like to experience racism

People coming together as one is a powerful antidote to the divisions and civil disorder we have all witnessed over the past few weeks, says NPA chief executive Paul Rees.

16 Aug 2024

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Opinion: Hoarding, shoplifting and a new Government

We have a new Government. Let’s hope we also have a more sympathetic approach to all the problems facing the sector. I have high hopes – pharmacy has always fared better under a Labour administration, writes retired pharmacist Andrew McCoig.

02 Aug 2024

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