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Covid’s impact on community pharmacy

How did Covid shape the post-pandemic community pharmacy landscape? Kam Kalsi from IQVIA explains.

16 Feb 2023

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NHS data shows drop in childhood vaccination coverage

NHS Digital said falling numbers likely to have been caused by the disruption of the Covid pandemic

29 Sep 2022

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Editor's view: The debate on locum rates is a labyrinthine one

When an LPC chair dared to criticise some locums, the backlash may have come as a shock to him. Or perhaps it didn’t, writes ICP editor Neil Trainis.

25 Aug 2022

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Government launches new consultation on hub and spoke proposals

The sector has 12 weeks to share its views on new proposals to overhaul community pharmacy dispensing.

16 Mar 2022

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CCA claims sector is battling 'shortfall' of 3,000 pharmacists

CCA calculates shortage based on extrapolations from Health Education England survey.

09 Feb 2022

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FIP: Global co-operation needed to regulate online pharmacies

The General Pharmaceutical Council said it was not aware of the report but will 'follow up' on it.

09 Dec 2021

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Boots working with regulators to address opioid misuse

Exclusive: Boots working with "external" regulator and professional bodies to tackle opioid misuse.

25 Nov 2021

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Pharmacy workforce 'crisis' will 'devastate local communities'

CCA warns that workforce migration to general practice will force pharmacies to close.

18 Nov 2021

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Over 92 pc of adults in England test positive for Covid antibodies

Over 90 per cent also returned positive antibody results in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland

29 Oct 2021

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Pharmacies need to raise awareness of NHS services

NPA survey shows nearly half of those surveyed see pharmacies as first contact point for minor illnesses, but a third unaware they offer flu jabs

29 Oct 2021

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LPC representation vote 'could disenfranchise independents'

The proposed voting quotas could stack the odds against independents says NPA.

22 Oct 2021

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Simon Dukes: Building leverage takes time

The five year funding deal isn't perfect but puts pharmacy on the right course, claims Dukes.

18 Oct 2021

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NHS tells pharmacy sector it’s 'moving too slowly'

The sector risks being left behind when it comes to ICS policy, the NPA warned.

18 Oct 2021

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Report calls for collaboration within new care structures

It calls for more scope for collaboration between pharmacy, primary care networks and ICSs.

27 Sep 2021

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Drop in STI diagnoses down to disruption from Covid pandemic

Less STI testing saw the number of diagnoses fall by 32 per cent between 2020 and 2019.

08 Sep 2021

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PCN pharmacist workforce rises 18 per cent in three months

Number of full time PCN pharmacists rose by 18 per cent between March and June.

19 Aug 2021

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