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Asda clarifies Pharmacy First target and denies link-selling claims

Asda denies setting an initial target of 30 consultations a month for its stores and sending a communication to staff telling them “link-selling is key.”

02 Feb 2024

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Superdrug ‘first to stock’ £99 non-hormonal menopause medication

Superdrug to stock Veoza at price of £99 per pack of 28

01 Feb 2024

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Locums claim Rowlands threatened to cancel shifts if they didn’t make Pharmacy First declaration

Rowlands said locums are "responsible for ensuring they are competent to deliver Pharmacy First."

01 Feb 2024

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Pharma company may have made misleading claims about rival’s anaemia treatment

CMA launches investigation into claims Vifor Pharma disparaged a rival's product

31 Jan 2024

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Midlands 7k items pharmacy changes hands after confidential sale

Pharmacy sold to contractor with another store ' a few doors up the road'

31 Jan 2024

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Illegal medicines worth £30 million seized in the UK in 2023

The MHRA, working with law enforcement partners, says it seized more than 15.5 million doses of illegally traded medicines with a street value of more than £30 million during 2023.

30 Jan 2024

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Pharmacy First is welcome but must not burden pharmacies, says Haleon chief

Haleon vice-president for GB and Ireland Bas Vorsteveld said the launch of Pharmacy First is a “major milestone".

30 Jan 2024

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Healthera teams up with Uber for express delivery of medicines

Digital healthcare platform Healthera and Uber Direct have announced a partnership to enable the express delivery of prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines

30 Jan 2024

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Clawback must “provide funding certainty” in Northern Ireland, says Phoenix director

Phoenix Medical Supplies sales director John Pignone has written to the government to express his concerns.

29 Jan 2024

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LloydsPharmacy liquidation: £8m left over to pay debts of £293m

Scores of creditors named in liquidation proceedings as the multiple winds down completely.

29 Jan 2024

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Asda area manager warns locums who don’t engage with Pharmacy First will be removed

Asda healthcare area manager Andrew Windus said locums who refuse to engage with Pharmacy First will be "removed" from Locate a Locum's platform "permanently."

29 Jan 2024

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Alliance Healthcare joins Pharmacist Support to help students

Pharmacist Support chief executive Danielle Hunt said Alliance will help it “plan and execute initiatives" that will support students.

25 Jan 2024

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Asda offers customers money incentive to talk to it about Pharmacy First

English Pharmacy Board members Thorrun Govind and Paul Summerfield have aired concerns about Asda's offer to put £1 in customers’ cash pots.

24 Jan 2024

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New course aims to improve staff wellbeing

Pharmacist Support has introduced a new course for pharmacy managers to look after the wellbeing of their teams.

19 Jan 2024

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CPE: Delayed 2024-25 talks should start ‘imminently’

Talks were slated for late 2023 but cabinet reshuffle led to delays

18 Jan 2024

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PDA: Liquidation plans complicate claims by ex-LloydsPharmacy employees

Lloyds Pharmacy Limited changed its name last year to Diamond DCO Two Limited ahead of apparent plans to begin liquidation proceedings.

16 Jan 2024

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