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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...

UK approves Valneva’s easy-to-store Covid shot

Britain has approved a new coronavirus vaccine by the Austrian-French drugmaker Valneva. "An approval has been granted after the Valneva Covid-19 vaccine was found to...

ABPI welcomes NICE’s guidance on value of new antibiotics

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has welcomed the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's leadership in introducing a new approach...

PSNC North-East and Cumbria regional representative Mark Burdon resigns

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC)'s North-East and Cumbria regional representative, Mark Burdon, has resigned from his role. The Committee has invited all eligible...

Nottingham pharmacist struck off GPhC register after stealing over £500k to pay off gambling debt

A Nottingham-based pharmacist has been struck off the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) register for bringing “the profession into to disrepute” by stealing hundreds of...

WHO tracks two new Omicron sub-variants

The World Health Organization says it is tracking a few dozen cases of two new sub-variants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain of the...

GSK buys US cancer firm for $1.9 bn

GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday (April 13) said it had agreed to buy US group Sierra Oncology, a specialist in medicines for rare forms of cancer,...

Two new medications to fight superbugs could soon be available for NHS patients in England

Two new medications which fight drug-resistant superbugs could soon become available to NHS patients in England after the National Institute for Health and Care...

RP compliance is mandatory, not optional: PDA

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has advised its member to check their understanding of what activities can legitimately take place when no RP is...

Class 2 recall for Olopatadine eye drops

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has issued a class 2 medicines recall notice for Olopatadine USV 1mg/ml eye drops. Specific batches of this product...

Old PPE ordering platform makes way for new portal

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has said the old PPE portal platform will no longer remain functional from April 26, as...

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