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Getting your financial house in order

How will changes to the VAT penalties regime and Making Tax Digital for Income Tax affect independent pharmacies?

12 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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DHSC grants record 199 concessions for December

December list included £40.25 concessionary price for gapapentin 600mg tablets

03 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Overpayment on prescriptions reached £43m in 2021-22

Over a million people in England overpaid because they did not buy an NHS prescription prepayment certificate

03 Jan 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Community pharmacy bodies appeal for urgent investment

Community pharmacy has issued its starkest warning yet about the state of the sector in England, in a joint letter to secretary of state Steve Barclay

22 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article

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PSNC chief: Some people 'just want pharmacy to go back to 2015'

Dispensing is essential – but we must all accept that change needs to happen, says Morrison

06 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy students may struggle to get GP training places due to tariff payments

Pharmacy Schools Council issues warning about clinical tariff funding mechanisms

24 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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What the autumn statement means for independents

Our financial expert Atif Butt looks at how the measures could impact the independent pharmacy sector.   

24 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Editor's View: Fresh pharmacy funding? Vote the Tories out

As far as community pharmacy is concerned, Rishi Sunak has surrounded himself with the wrong people.

22 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Department launches ‘emergency review’ of NI pharmacies

Department 'very conscious' of the funding challenges facing Northern Ireland's pharmacies

22 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Autumn budget: Pharmacies need a share of NHS spending boost

Pharmacies need a fair share of the £6.6bn funding boost announced today, says NPA

17 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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PSNC starts new ‘influencing’ campaign to reach politicians

A Pharmacy First service could save NHS England over £600m a year, PSNC to tell MPs

14 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Government will have reduced pharmacy contract by £1bn

Phoenix group managing director Steve Anderson said pharmacy’s funding figures were “truly shocking"

26 Oct 2022 , 1 Min Article

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CCA chief warns pharmacy minister more funding is needed

CCA chief executive Malcolm Harrison says the Government's plan for patients is at stake

26 Oct 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Show me the money!

Our financial writer looks at how you can get your hands on extra cash to see you through the hard times.

25 Oct 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Cash injection of £5m won’t stop drug shortages, warn NI pharmacists

Soon pharmacies won't be able to afford to source medicines, says NI negotiator

19 Oct 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy business models 'too diverse' for strike action

Strike action is 'completely impractical' for pharmacies, the Pharmacy Show heard

17 Oct 2022 , 1 Min Article

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