Conference

‘Consultation on draft standards for hospital chief pharmacists expected by early 2024,’ says Duncan Rudkin

Work on standards for responsible and superintendent pharmacists, however, cannot begin until the government has made a decision on supervision Duncan Rudkin, the CEO of the General Pharmaceutical Council...

Hemant Patel spoke about his new ICS role and the social model of health in the NHS

From the medical model of health to the social model of health, the NHS has gone through a...

PM Rishi Sunak’s tribute to community pharmacy at the Sigma conference

He hailed the ‘hard work of pharmacy teams’, and plans to invest £645 million to support the ‘Pharmacy...

Primary Care recovery plan negotiations to be announced in ‘few weeks’, says CPE chief

Negotiations around the £645 million investment pledged to community pharmacies have concluded, confirmed Janet Morrison Community Pharmacy England (CPE)...

‘Pharmacy Inquiry’ pushed back by few weeks, says MP Steve Brine

The Pharmacy Inquiry, which was scheduled to begin this week, has been postponed for a 'couple of weeks'...

Long Read – PHARMACY BUSINESS DIVERSITY CONFERENCE 2021: ‘Diversity has an incredible buzz, and it works’

Lord Karan Bilimoria has renewed calls for the introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting in the fight against inequality in UK businesses. The president...

‘UK South Asians five times more prone to diabetes’

Type 2 diabetes is up to five times more predominant in South Asian populations living in the UK as compared with their white European...

Well Pharmacy to headline sponsor the inaugural Pharmacy Business Diversity Conference in December

The UK’s largest independent pharmacy chain Well Pharmacy will be the headline sponsor of the inaugural Pharmacy Business Diversity Conference in December. The newly created conference...

PB Conference: ‘Installing technology at pharmacy is best way to enhance income, service’

Using innovation and technology is the best way for pharmacies to boost income and ensure efficiency in services, said tech-savvy pharmacist independent prescriber and...

PB Conference: ‘Community pharmacy integration is vital for GPs to ensure continuous service to patients’

Integration of community pharmacy into local health system and primary care network is vital to alleviate workload pressure on general practice and provide an...

PB Conference: ‘Pharmacies were a lifeline to local communities during Covid-19’

Pharmacies around the world have served as a lifeline to their local communities amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said Dr Catherine Duggan, the chief executive officer...

PB Conference: Faheem Ahmed shares tips on innovation in community pharmacies

To stay afloat and remain relevant in a fast-changing world, community pharmacy will need to constantly innovate, observed innovative pharmacist Faheem Ahmed. Speaking in the...

PB CONFERENCE: Collaborating for better patient care

  As we hold our sixth annual conference in September, Mike Holden reflects on why the twin themes of integration and innovation have been chosen...

RPS holds webinars to help pharmacists get most out of NICE guidance

As pharmacists’ roles expand into new clinical areas, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has partnered with NICE to host a series of educational webinars from Thursday, April...

Single dose of Pfizer vaccine yields robust immune response against Covid-19: Study

A new study led by Universities of Sheffield and Oxford shows that one dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine generates robust T cell and antibody...

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