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Boots supports community pharmacists become Mental Health First Aiders
PDA encourages representatives at Boots to undertake Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training
Pharmacists, who are working on the frontline of healthcare, can play an important role in raising awareness...
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Surge in stroke cases could cost UK £75bn by 2035, charity warns
By 2035, there will be 151,000 hospital admissions due to stroke every year, averaging 414 admissions per day...
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NHS and i.AI forge historic collaboration to boost healthcare
AI assisting NHS to half treatment times for stroke patients and overall patient care experience
The Department of Health...
RPS urges social media to ban content promoting or selling DNP
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called for a 'firm commitment' to prosecuting those making profits through the sale of DNP (2,4-Dinitrophenol).
It has also...
Kelso Pharma launches its first product ‘Acepiro’
Kelso Pharma, the growing UK based specialty pharma business, has announced its first product launch with the release to the UK prescription medicines market...
Pharmacists in England supports idea of ‘National Self-Care Strategy’, reveals report
A new report based on research from pharmacists across England by Sanofi, has called for the introduction of a ‘national self-care strategy’ to relieve...
ASDA announces closure of seven in-store pharmacies
A week after LloydsPharmacy announced the closure of all its pharmacy branches in Sainsbury’s store, ASDA has also revealed the closing of seven pharmacies...
HRA Pharma’s former CEO David Wright joins Ceuta Group
Ceuta Group, a global brand building business providing end-to-end outsourcing services in the health and wellness industry has appointed David Wright as a non-executive...
FIP members highlight pharmacists’ potential to close gender gap in pain management
The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) in a report of a meeting of an international insight board published on Friday (27 January) highlighted the potential...
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Personal liability for company directors over late filing of accounts
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All companies must send their accounts to Companies House each year. Recent evidence suggests that UK companies are increasingly struggling to file their accounts...
Steve Brine, Sigma urge pharmacists to join new Commons Select Committee inquiry into prevention
Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee Steve Brine MP has called on community pharmacy contractors to join a newly launched a parliamentary...
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Changes to VAT penalties regime
By Umesh Modi and Vinku Shah
The VAT penalties regime has had substantial changes with effect from 01 January 2023 and it is important for...
EXCLUSIVE: Preserving community pharmacy within the digital health revolution
By Issa Dasu-Patel
Growing up with a family that worked in pharmacy, our dinner time conversation was not like that of other families. Ours would centre...