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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...

RPS urges government to allow pharmacists to amend prescriptions

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has urged the government to amend medicines legislation to allow pharmacists to make minor amendments to a prescription without...

DHSC issues five more SSPs for Pen V

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a further five new Serious Shortage Protocols (SSPs) for Phenoxymethylpenicillin (Pen V) to enable the...

Tips for Becoming a Medical Lab Scientist

The field of medical laboratory science is indispensable to modern healthcare. Medical lab scientists play a pivotal role in the diagnosis and prevention of...

NPA urges health secretary to convene ‘medicines supply taskforce’ in light of antibiotics shortage

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to convene a ‘medicines supply taskforce’, following weeks...

European Medicines Agency backs gene therapy to treat rare bleeding disorder

The European Union's health regulator on Friday said it had recommended granting a conditional marketing authorization for a gene therapy by Australian drugmaker CSL...

DHSC allows pharmacists to supply alternative medicines for Strep A, issues SSPs for 3 antibiotics

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has allowed pharmacists to supply alternative penicillin to treat Strep A. It has issued Serious Shortage...

HDA, PSNC urge DHSC to issue communications to control stockpile of Strep A antibiotics

The Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA) and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiation Committee (PSNC) have urged the NHS England and the Department of Health and Social...

DHSC re-classifies all Madopar preparations as special containers

The Department of Health of Social Care (DHSC) has re-determined that all six Madopar (Co-beneldopa) preparations meet the special container criteria as outlined in...

High VPAS tax for 2023 risks more medicines shortages, says BGMA

The British Generic Manufacturers Association (BGMA) has raised concerns over the rise in the VPAS rate for 2023 to 26.5 per cent. The Department of...

EXCLUSIVE: Drug prices – what contractors need to be aware of

By David Reissner There has been a lot of coverage in the national and pharmaceutical press of the prices being charged to pharmacy owners for...

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