Tag: pharmacy first
Portsmouth’s First Community Pharmacy Summit explores ways of reducing pressures
Community pharmacies are struggling to deliver important NHS services to patients while remaining financially sustainable
Pharmacists, councillors and NHS leaders came together at Portsmouth’s first Community...
Health Secretary Victoria Atkins visits CliniChem pharmacy in Central London
The visit coincided with an announcement on expanding pharmacy services in England
Victoria Atkins MP, the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care,...
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 First’ service
Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has...
‘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' due to the King's Speech
MP Steve...
Shambolic start of vaccination programmes suggests government’s inadequacy in learning pandemic lessons, says Rowlands MD
Has the government in England learned nothing from the Covid-19 pandemic? Nigel Swift, Managing Director of Rowlands Pharmacy, part of Numark, the UK's largest...
Delivery Plan is a small step in the right direction – but community pharmacy needs a giant leap
By Malcolm Harrison
The Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care was undeniably a vote of confidence in the sector. Whilst the plan was...