DHSC increases prescription charges by 30 pence for each medicine or appliance dispensed
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced 30 pence increase in prescription charges from £9.35 to £9.65 for each medicine or...
Pharmacy bodies create ‘Save Our Pharmacies’ campaign website to call for fair pharmacy funding
The national pharmacy bodies has created ‘Save Our Pharmacies’ campaign website to give new focus to calls for fair pharmacy funding in England.
The newly launched site...
RPS, CPPE collaborate on pathway to recognise advance pharmacist practice in England
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in collaboration with Health Education England’s Centre for Advancing Practice and the Centre for Pharmacy Post Graduate Education (CPPE)...
‘Vicious NHS contract’ is forcing pharmacies into bankruptcy: Labour MP Steve McCabe
Steve McCabe, the Labour MP for Birmingham, Selly Oak says a “vicious” NHS contract has been forcing community pharmacies into bankruptcy.
Asking his question in parliament...
Navigating the Dental Product Market: Tips for Best Choices
Oral care is essential because it has a lot to do with your mouth and everything in it. If you're not careful with whatever...
PSNC calls NHS demand imposed in new GP contract ‘simply unreasonable’
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has called the ‘new general practice contract’ which was imposed by NHS England on Monday (6 March) as...
4 Major TOF-SIMS Applications Worth Understanding
The Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry is a versatile analytical technique with abundant applications across various fields, such as material science, biomedical research,...
Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) – Has it helped since inception?
The Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) has been running as a national advanced service since October 2019 to relieve pressure on the National Health...
RPS calls pharmacies, government and NHS to provide pharmacists with regular PLT
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called on employers, governments and NHS organisations to provide pharmacists with regular protected learning time (PLT) within working hours to...
‘Closure of Lloyds Pharmacy branches will wake-up ministers to reality of funding crisis faced by community pharmacy’
Lloyds Pharmacy’s closure of all its 1,300 branches will wake-up the ministers and NHS officials to the reality of community pharmacy sector in England...
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