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‘Community pharmacies at risk of layoffs and service reductions without funding boost’, says NPA

Suggests a 2.5 per cent of the NHS budget to restore community pharmacy funding  The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has raised concerns over the upcoming increase in the National Living...

Dental and pharmacy technicians to free up appointments; get more power to supply meds

25,500 pharmacy technicians, 9,733 dental hygienists and 6,198 dental therapists in the UK to benefit from the new...

RPS assembly advances strategic reforms for enhanced professional leadership

RPS to facilitate a "more accessible nomination process" and "advocate for deserving recognition of pharmacists and allied professionals" In...

Boots becomes first UK pharmacy to transport prescription medicines by drones

Boots has become the first community pharmacy in the UK to transport prescription medicines by a drone. The pharmacy multiple completed a test flight transporting...

British agencies win CEPI funds to develop standard monkeypox tools

British health agencies have secured funding to develop a standardized approach to test the performance of vaccines being used or in development against monkeypox,...

CCA calls PDA’s pharmacy closure allegation ‘highly inflammatory’

All pharmacy businesses are reporting that they are struggling to find the registered professionals needed to open their pharmacies, clarified the Company Chemists’ Association...

RPS England director Ravi Sharma resigns to take up top job at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) England director, Ravi Sharma, has resigned after four years on the job. He will be leaving the RPS in October...

David Webb opens health hub at Hindu festival

England's chief pharmaceutical officer David Webb on Friday (July 22) officially opened a community health hub at a Hindu temple in west London. The interactive...

Health committee’s new report calls for urgent pharmacy workforce plan

The Health Committee’s new report has reminded the government of a much-needed pharmacy workforce plan to support recruitment, training, and retention of staff. The report...

Drug Comparison: Ozempic VS Saxenda

Living with diabetes can be managed by proper medication. However, you may have questions regarding the medications available to you. Here, we will take...

Pharmacy IT provider Positive Solutions launches cloud-based medicines management system, HxCare

Positive Solutions is set to launch its new, innovative, cloud-based medicines management system – HxCare which will be showcased in October at the Care...

PSNC concerned over impact of medicines supply issues on community pharmacy

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has expressed its concerns over sustained pressures on medicines supply that are having a very serious impact on...

Authorities seize more than 240,000 illegal prescription tablets bound for Northern Ireland

Authorities in Northern Ireland have seized more than 242,000 unlicensed or illegal prescription tablets purchased online and destined for addresses throughout NI. The medicines seized...

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