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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...

New drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy will be available on NHS

Around 1,500 people in England with the rare genetic disorder spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are set to benefit from a new treatment following a...

Health Security Agency to approach pharmacies to complete evaluation of LFD test kits

To complete the evaluations of Lateral Flow Device (LFD) test kits, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) will approach pharmacies and send 15 combined...

NHS poaching forces pharmacies to close, cut working hours

Staff shortage has begun to bite the community pharmacy sector with several high street pharmacies closing doors due to workforce crisis triggered by the...

UK to probe ‘systematic bias’ in medical devices tech

Britain called on Sunday (November 21) for international action on the issue of medical devices such as oximeters that work better on people with lighter skin, saying the disparities...

Feature: Industry experts weigh in hub and spoke model at Sigma webinar

With the government gearing up and pushing community pharmacies in England to adopt the hub and spoke dispensing model, stakeholders of the sector and...

RPS president says “still a very long way to go to achieve gender equity” in pharmacy

There is still a long way to go to achieve gender equality in pharmacy in both academia and profession, Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) president...

November 2021 price concessions announced

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has announced that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has granted the following price concessions for November...

PSNC discusses sector’s challenges with new pharmacy minister Maria Caulfield

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) this week held an introductory meeting with new pharmacy minister Maria Caulfield and discussed "the ongoing challenges facing the...

DHSC issues SSP for Lipitor 20mg tablets due to substantial shortage

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a Serious Shortage Protocol (SSP) for Lipitor 20mg chewable tablets due to ongoing shortage...

Booster shots to be added to Covid-19 travel pass

The government announced today (November 19) that it would add booster shots to the Covid-19 pass for outbound international travel, though it added they would not be added to the domestic pass at this time. The Department...

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