This site is intended for Healthcare Professionals only

Pharmacy Magazine

BAME 620.jpg

Pharmacy Schools Council pledges greater BAME support

The Pharmacy Schools Council promises to provide more support for black and minority ethnic students and colleagues.

03 Jul 2020 , 1 Min Article

Audit 620.jpg

Clinical audit to bolster PSNC talks launches today

PSNC has reminded community pharmacy teams to take part in its clinical audit which launches today.

29 Jun 2020 , 1 Min Article

Suicide 620.jpg

Pharmacists 'should be given training in suicide prevention'

A pharmacist and academic has called for pharmacists to be given formal training on suicide prevention.  

17 Jun 2020 , 1 Min Article

Pharmacy chat 620.jpg

PSNC launches audit to bolster government funding talks

PSNC has launched an audit to record data on the advice and support community pharmacies in England give patients.

16 Jun 2020 , 1 Min Article

Medicines 620.png

DHSC releases final 17 concessions for May

The Department of Health and Social Care released the final list of drug price concessions for May on May 29.

 

05 Jun 2020 , 1 Min Article

Mental 620.jpg

Pharmacy receiving up to 20 mental health calls a week during crisis

A pharmacist says he gets about 20 calls a week during the coronavirus pandemic from people with mental health problems.

20 May 2020 , 1 Min Article

Matt 620.jpg

PDA urges Hancock to talk to unions about pharmacy safety

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association urges Matt Hancock to hold talks with unions and employers on pharmacy workers' safety as lockdown eases.

14 May 2020 , 1 Min Article

Tesco crop.jpg

Tesco climb down after pharmacist 'not NHS' storm

Tesco told a pharmacist he was “not NHS” and not entitled to “jump the queue” with other key workers using its priority shopping hours.

 

11 May 2020 , 1 Min Article

Locum cropped.jpg

Exclusive: Locums told to triple rates during COVID-19 crisis

An email that has apparently been sent to a number of locum pharmacists in England advises them to increase their rates of pay.

19 Mar 2020 , 1 Min Article

Covid 700.png

RPS: Give pharmacists protection from coronavirus

The RPS has drawn up a series of recommendations to protect pharmacists from the coronavirus pandemic.

18 Mar 2020 , 1 Min Article

Gov 700.jpg

Numark warns of COVID-19 funding 'crisis'

Numark urges the government to support pharmacies fighting coronavirus by dipping into £12 billion it has committed to the NHS.

 

17 Mar 2020 , 1 Min Article

Boots UTI test cystitis.jpg

Pharmacies help women with UTIs in new study

Community pharmacy test and treat services provide “accessible and timely care” for women with UTIs, a study has found.

13 Mar 2020 , 1 Min Article

profit margin business finance financial money summary.jpg

Squeezed margins 'the biggest threat facing pharmacy' in 2020

Pressures on gross margins are the biggest threat facing community pharmacies in 2020, according to a new survey.

30 Jan 2020 , 1 Min Article

Heath Pharmacy 700.jpg

Pharmacy in Halifax petrol bombed

A community pharmacy in Halifax was petrol bombed in the early hours of Friday night (January 3).

07 Jan 2020 , 1 Min Article

Change privacy settings