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‘Real benefit’: NHS extends optician-to-pharmacy hypertension referral pilot

Optical practice referrals have helped divert patients from A&E, says local LPC.

26 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Charities urge health secretary to urgently review medicines supply chain

Four charities said they were “inundated with calls” from patients suffering from epilepsy and Parkinson's disease.

26 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Sigma helps to raise over £52k for cancer charities

Sigma’s financial director Bhavin Shah completed the London Marathon as part of the fundraising effort.

25 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Streeting: Shift needed in NHS funding to primary care including pharmacy

However, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting did not commit himself to a firm answer on whether Labour will increase community pharmacy’s global sum.

25 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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RPS updates patient safety standards

Implementation will demonstrate a patient safety culture in all pharmacy teams, says the RPS.

24 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Police arrest two men after report of knifepoint robbery at Pontypool pharmacy

Gwent Police sent firearms officers to the scene and searched the area after receiving a report of a robbery at the unnamed pharmacy.

24 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Fee levels unchanged as no end in sight for pay talks in England

Any adjustments to fees or margin needed to deliver the total funding sum for 2024/25 will be made later in the year once "critical negotiations" have concluded, says CPE.

23 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Jhoots branch closed with repossession notice from bailiff company

Staff turned up for work at the Rainham branch on Friday morning to discover “several notices up in the window”.

22 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Clinical briefing: Dementia – lessons from history

Dementia researchers image brains, search for biomarkers and scan genomes. Perhaps they also need to look beyond high-tech and into the past...

22 Apr 2024 , 5 Min Article

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PDA: Pharmacy professional leadership board must publish more details about members

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association wants information about organisations members are associated and involved with to be published.

22 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Applications for Pharmacist Support student bursary scheme close soon

The deadline for pharmacy students seeking help is Monday April 22.

19 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Belfast pharmacist pleads guilty to supplying fentanyl without a prescription

Plea hearing scheduled for June as pharmacy owner admits making unlawful supplies.

19 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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EPS system approved for roll out across Welsh pharmacy network

Government signs off on EPS system, giving green light for national roll out

19 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Numark event marks takeover of pharmacy in Scotland health centre

The pharmacy in Bo’ness Health Centre will now be known as Rowlands Pharmacy Bo’ness Health Centre.

19 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Rejection, delay - five years on and pharmacy in Scotland still waits to open

Lisa Duncan first told Saline Community Council in 2019 that she wanted to open a pharmacy in an underused community centre.

19 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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