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Cost of primary care prescribing rose £100m last year

Primary care prescriptions accounted for 50 per cent of all prescribing costs, says NHS BSA

10 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Teva's Innes warns Barclay of increasing pressure on pharmacies

Pharmacies under pressure from increased costs and risk of power cuts, says Teva general manager

10 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Lossiemouth’s only independent pharmacy sold to Right Medicine group

Right Medicine group snaps up 4k items-per-month pharmacy in Moray

09 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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New Covid bivalent vaccine approved by the MHRA

It targets the original strain of the disease as well as the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants

09 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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PSNC urges contractors to use correct flu vaccines

PSNC alerts contractors to cases where QIVe vaccine was given to patients aged 65 and above

09 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy assistant gets £10k payout after unfair dismissal

Judge rejects pharmacy's claims it had not dismissed assistant after heated disagreement.

09 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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MHRA approves secukinumab for paediatric arthritis

The drug will be used to treat two types of paediatric arthritic conditions

09 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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NHS website attracts 1.2bn visitors in 12 months

There were 131 million visits to the Covid vaccine booking page, according to NHS Digital

08 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Well announces acquisition of three pharmacies

UK's third largest multiple announces new acquisitions in Oxfordshire and West Yorkshire

08 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Scunthorpe pharmacy sells for ‘well in excess’ of guide price

First-time buyer Tech Ding says he has 'bright plan' for Ashby Pharmacy's future

08 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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DHSC alerts contractors to out-of-stock medicines

Dipyridamole 100mg tablets are out of stock until early December

08 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Chief pharmacist visits Belfast pharmacy to mark AYP 2022

Cathy Harrison visited Tramway Pharmacy to mark the closing of Ask Your Pharmacist Week

07 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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RPS president signs climate change letter to Alok Sharma

Anderson is one of the signatories of a letter sent today by the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change

07 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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GPhC: November assessment passed without ‘major issues’

The regulator said 941 candidates took the assessment in 68 test centres across the UK.

04 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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PSNC searches for LPC transformation champions as Turner leaves

Robbie Turner will leave as chief transformation officer this month after deciding to leave the pharmacy profession.

04 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Brine election as Committee chair generates optimism within pharmacy

Ex-pharmacy minister Steve Brine promised to “press” the government “about getting better value for our money."

04 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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