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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 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, May 18

The editors are back discussing the big pharmacy stories of the week. Pharmacist prescribing, GPhC fee hikes, the £645m service announcement and the Daily Mail – all feature.

18 May 2023 , 34 Min Article

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Opinion: Professional revolution or damp squib?

In a recent blog for the King’s Fund, Keith Ridge, former chief pharmaceutical officer for England, outlines how pharmacist prescribing could revolutionise patient care but fears that the move may fail without proper strategic planning by the NHS.

15 May 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Government comes out against pharmacy workforce plan

Ministers say they still want to better utilise the pharmacy workforce as a whole.

25 Apr 2023 , 6 Min Article

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, March 23, 2023

The CIG editors are back talking about the big pharmacy stories of the week. Original pack dispensing, elections, #SaveOurPharmacies and a leading pharmacist's work for the National Crime Agency all feature.

23 Mar 2023 , 29 Min Article

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APPG chair urges Sunak to support community pharmacy

Taiwo Owatemi delivered a letter to Downing Street urging the prime minister to put in place the recommendations of its 'Future of Pharmacy' report.

15 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy Magazine podcast – Talking Pharmacy LIVE! March 8, 2023

Richard Thomas and the CIG editors discuss some of the big issues raised by delegates at this year's Sigma conference, recorded live.

08 Mar 2023 , 27 Min Article

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BMA anger over imposed GP contract for 2023-24

The BMA has expressed its anger over an imposed contract for GPs in England for 2023-24 that ‘does nothing to support general practice’.

07 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Webb sets employers two tasks to support career development

Pharmacy employers challenged on training places and career development as training and development investment for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians adds up

06 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Final word: Charting a course for pharmacy

Community pharmacy is currently sailing in very turbulent seas. If we are to chart a course to calmer waters we need to shift our focus, says Harry McQuillan, in the first of a series of articles looking at different aspects of the future of the sector.

13 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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CCA: Pharmacist prescribing services must be commissioned ‘immediately’

CCA lays down gauntlet to Government as it publishes its pharmacy prospectus

08 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy teams urged to take part in Government disease prevention inquiry

Parliamentary inquiry a vital opportunity to highlight community pharmacy's role

25 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Opinion: What would you put in pharmacy's Room 101?

If I was asked what aspect of pharmacy should be banished to the fictitious Room 101, the conference room at the end of the first floor of the BBC’s old Broadcasting House and the torture chamber of The Party in Orwell’s 1984, it would have to be... prescriptions, argues Steve Mosley

17 Jan 2023 , 6 Min Article

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Leaders' panel seeks self-care solutions

The PAGB convened a meeting of pharmacy leaders in December to discuss how effective use of self-care could help alleviate the unprecedented pressures the NHS is facing this winter and beyond.

16 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Day Lewis and Pharmacy2U attend Sunak NHS meeting

Day Lewis director makes the case to Government for funding at emergency meeting

10 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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