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High-level talks on obesity produce recommendations on pharmacy’s role

The event concluded everyone with diabetes should have access to weight management services in pharmacies.

03 May 2022 , 1 Min Article

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NPA: Competition watchdog will look at hub and spoke concerns

There are fears the model could initially be monopolised by a few companies and disadvantage pharmacies and the NHS.

29 Apr 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Many pharmacies struggled to get involved in Covid booster programme

Questions remain over why pharmacies had to wait so long for a response and why many were turned down.

04 Apr 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Employment allowance increase 'not enough for pharmacies'

Business costs will continue to spiral for independents, the NPA has warned.

23 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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NPA to seek competition watchdog's views on hub and spoke proposals

Concerns that hub and spoke could weaken independents' buying margins and concentrate wholesaler power.

17 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Expand NHS health checks in pharmacies to tackle obesity, report says

Five recommendations were made in the report, which was funded by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk.

16 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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NPA chief: Business rates will 'really hurt' independents

Eton contractor Olivier Picard warns a return to full rates will hurt independent pharmacies.

10 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Don't let the big issues slip from your radar

We seem to be moving on from Covid but there are other areas independents must keep an eye on, says Patrick Grice.
 

07 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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NPA Essential: March 2022

This month's news from the National Pharmacy Association. 

07 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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NHS primary care needs to hear from pharmacy, says NPA

Pharmacists encouraged to feed into a review looking at service delivery in ICSs.

02 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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It is vital independents engage with future-defining reforms

I worry that independents lack interest in the PSNC/LPC reforms, says ICP editor Neil Trainis. 

02 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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NPA: Pharmacy vaccinations have saved 20,000 lives

Pharmacies delivered a greater share of vaccines than expected, a Government report finds.

25 Feb 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Locum hourly rates up 70pc, says NPA as it pushes for more funding

Costs in England increased by 71 per cent from the 2020 average to the second half of last year.

04 Feb 2022 , 1 Min Article

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A €great amount€ of people logged into our events, says RSG

RSG secretary James Wood said 135 people in total registered for its Zoom events on January 26, 27 and 28. 

01 Feb 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Independents provided many more Covid vaccines than large multiples

Eighty-five per cent of 610 pharmacy sites that administered jabs between January and September 2021 were independents.

27 Jan 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Pressure mounts on RSG as questions raised over equality for independents

NPA puts pressure on steering group as questions asked about how much independents are engaging.

25 Jan 2022 , 1 Min Article

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