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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...

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...

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...

Seb James prescribes data sharing between NHS and community pharmacy for better health outcomes

Boots UK supremo Seb James has said better sharing of patient data between community pharmacy and the NHS could transform the way healthcare services...

MHRA recalls all pholcodine-containing medicines from UK

The Medicine and Healthcare Product Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has recalled all pholcodine-containing medicines from the UK pharmacy due to concerns of its potential to...

The Legal Aspects Of Going To A Hospital: What They Can And Cannot Do To You

When you visit a hospital, one of the last things that come to mind is worrying about legal aspects and what rights you might...

Woodstock Road Chemist gets new owner

Woodstock Road Chemist, a renowned community pharmacy which provides NHS and private services and dispenses an average of 9,500 items per month has been...

SMC approves bulevirtide for treatment of chronic HDV infection in Scottish patients

Gilead Sciences has announced that the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has become the first UK health authority to permit routine NHS use of Hepcludex...

PSNC: DHSC, NHSE must pause rollout of new services, including contraception service for pharmacies

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has asked NHS England to stop directing more patients to community pharmacies until extra funding is injected in...

Susan Rienow to take up ABPI President role in May

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has appointed Susan Rienow, UK Country President of Pfizer as its next President. Susan was appointed as...

RPS re-joins FIP

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has re-joined the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) after reflecting its commitment to international collaboration and the advancement of the pharmacy...

Paydens Pharmacy Group hub and spoke model releases time to deliver revenue generating services

Paydens Pharmacy Group, one of the first multiple pharmacies to adopt hub and spoke model last year, revealed that the move has resulted in...

SIGMA CONFERENCE 2023: Pharmacy First is the flavour of the month, says PSNC’s Janet Morrison

Amid media speculations that a large pharmacy multiple was putting all its stores at risk of closure, PSNC supremo Janet Morrison said the sector...

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