Government to meet up to 80% of wages; announces VAT cash boost
Government will pay a massive share of private sector wage bills to discourage bosses from firing staff as it resorts to war-time levels of...
UK closes pubs, restaurants and theatres
Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively closed down the United Kingdom on Friday, ordering pubs, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and gyms to shut their doors in...
GPhC contacts former pharmacists as NHS urges them to come back to fight COVID-19
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPHC) said it is contacting former pharmacy professionals as the NHS has called upon them, alongside doctors, nurses and other...
GPhC, CMA talk tough on COVID-19 profiteering
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a taskforce to tackle unscrupulous business practices during the COVID-19 crisis.
The competition watchdog had earlier this...
Broad ‘key worker’ definition includes pharmacy staff, PSNC clarifies
PSNC has clarified that pharmacists and pharmacy staff include in the ‘key worker’ list announced by the government yesterday (19 March).
The ‘key worker’ status...
DHSC publishes second list of March price concessions
The Department of Health and Social Care on Thursday announced the second list of drug price concessions for March.
The list of prices, revealed by PSNC, is...
Two new community pharmacy services on the anvil to fight COVID-19
The government is planning to commission two new services from the community pharmacy sector to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, PSNC revealed yesterday (19 March)
NHS...
Birmingham pharmacy charges £19.99 for bottle of Calpol, sparks outrage on Twitter over alleged ‘profiteering’
A West Midlands-based pharmacy chain has been lambasted on social media for allegedly charging three times more than the normal price for a bottle...
COVID-19: ‘No medicine shortages due to virus’
NHS bosses have reassured the community pharmacy sector that there are no medicine shortages in the country as a result of COVID-19.
This was stated...
NHS to suspend ‘certain requirements’ on pharmacies with income protection
NHS England said it will temporarily suspend certain requirements on community pharmacists with a guarantee to protect income.
In a letter dated 17 March, Simon...
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