Tag: NPA
Pharmacy bodies collaborate to form group to optimise patient safety
A number of pharmacy organisations have collaborated to form a community pharmacy supervision practice group, aiming to optimise patient safety.
The newly formed group’s members...
Fuel shortage raises concerns over continuance of health services, medicine deliveries
As the country struggles to match fuel supply with demand, serious concerns have been raised about the continuation of health related services and medicine...
NPA favours extension of parallel trade in post Brexit regime
During a government consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime, the National Pharmacy Association highlighted several benefits of parallel trade.
In...
Community pharmacy to play key role in recovery from pandemic, says Wales’ first minister
Community pharmacy will play a key role in supporting recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, first minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, said on Monday (September...
NPA wants competition watchdog to review ‘hub and spoke’ dispensing
To ensure fair competition and better functioning of hub and spoke dispensing, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) wants the government's competition watchdog to review...
NPA raises concern on proposed Duty of Candour work stream
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has raised concerns over proposals to introduce a statutory individual duty of candour which would mean that pharmacists would...