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Hunt’s praise of pharmacy at CCA event was sycophantic

Jeremy Hunt's waxing lyrical of pharmacy was at odds with his government’s treatment of pharmacies, writes Neil Trainis.

19 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Weight management – a holistic, long-term approach

Independent pharmacists can reframe how we approach weight loss, says Mandeep Mudhar, the head of Alphega Pharmacy UK.

17 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist who failed to adequately manage ordering of high-risk medicines warned

Mirrasoul Seyedi was the RP at a retail pharmacy in Benfleet where “excessive ordering of bottles of Codeine and Phenergan” took place.

15 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Obituary: Simon Driver

Former Cegedim Rx managing director, Simon Driver, died last week.

10 Sep 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Training troubles

When independents identify a problem with the foundation training year, the multiples ignore it, says Terry Maguire.

09 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist who accessed ex-husband’s medical records without clinical justification warned

Kiran Rachel Lombardo also gained access to medical records of family members on a number of occasions “with only their verbal consent”.

08 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist runs for charity after losing thigh muscle to rare cancer

GP pharmacist from Durham runs Great North Run on behalf of Sarcoma UK

08 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist who made false insurance declarations to GPhC suspended for six months

Babak Gholamhosseini ran two pharmacies without appropriate professional indemnity insurance over extended periods.

04 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist who gave child shingles vaccine suspended for four months

Kofi Akuamoah Boahene thought Zostavax was effective against chickenpox even though it was not listed in the patient group direction.

03 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Former deputy chief medical officer to chair CPE Committee

Former deputy chief medical officer for England, Professor Dame Jenny Harries DBE DL, succeeds Sue Killen as non-exec chair at CPE.

02 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Police hunt woman after seizing £32,000 of alleged fake Mounjaro and Ozempic

Detectives from City of London Police want to question Christina Parfitt, 40, in connection with the illegal sale of the medicines.

01 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist who dispensed generic POMs against branded scripts warned by GPhC

Christian Charles Logue dispensed generic POMs when a branded version was prescribed and supplied lorazepam tablets at double the prescribed strength.

26 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy technician who falsified CD register entries given 12-month condition order

April Gibb was handed a three-month suspension by a FtP committee in May after admitting to 14 allegations of falsifying and retrospectively altering CD registers.

21 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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PSNI suspends pharmacist in Northern Ireland who stole from employer

Hannah Belema Thom-Manuel was given concurrent custodial sentences of three months suspended for a year for stealing cash and toiletries.

21 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Interview: Henry Gregg

Henry Gregg arrives at the National Pharmacy Association with a track record of unifying sectors and rebuilding relationship with governments.

20 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist who dispensed for online prescriber without conducting safety checks warned

Sajid Khan Rasool did not check if there were written prescribing procedures in place and if the online service recorded clinical interventions.

15 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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