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Fuel shortages: Medicines wholesalers 'severely tested'

Medicines wholesalers hit by shortages of fuel and delivery drivers, warns HDA.

27 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Think pharmacy first this winter, says CPNI chief

Gerard Greene has urged people to think about going to a pharmacy this autumn and winter.

24 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies in Scotland to offer bridging contraception service

Pharmacies will be able to provide a three-month supply of desogestrel after a consultation.

24 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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DHSC appoints new pharmacy minister after latest cabinet reshuffle

Maria Caulfield is a former nurse and one-time local councillor.

24 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Emergency contraception prescriptions fall sharply in England

The 90,068 prescriptions dispensed last year compares with 252,800 dispensed in 2010.

23 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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GPhC: Some online prescribing pharmacists ‘out of their depth’

Some pharmacists accused of “not understanding the prescribing process they were involved in”.  

23 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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PSNC: All contractors to get Covid costs at start of October

Costs claims "more than double" the Government's initial offer, PSNC reveals.

22 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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ACTNow wellbeing campaign starts again next week

The popular wellbeing campaign from Pharmacist Support kicks off this Saturday and runs for five weeks.

22 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Welsh government presses ahead with ePrescribing

The plans will improve the way patients and healthcare professionals access and manage medicines.

22 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Ridge review finds 10pc of all prescribed medicines unnecessary

CPhO calls for more openness and greater use of social prescribing to prevent medicines harm.

22 Sep 2021 , 2 Min Article

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RPS supports Covid jab rollout for 12 to 15-year-olds

Three million youngsters will be eligible to receive a single dose of the Pfizer jab.

20 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Locate a Locum Learning launched

Locate Learning launches today, increasing members access to extensive learning library.

20 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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No Covid bonus for pharmacists in England, Labour MP told

Pharmacists in England to miss out on payments received elsewhere, Government confirms.

20 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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BGMA demands NI-only medicine rules are scrapped

Over 3,000 medicines at risk of being withdrawn from Northern Ireland.

17 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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NPA: Parallel trade should be maintained in present form

Current arrangement is the best option for the UK, NPA argues.

17 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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EHC refusals 'unacceptable' says RPS

'Unacceptable' that young women had negative experience in pharmacies says RPS.

17 Sep 2021 , 1 Min Article

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