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NPA has asked PSNC for business plan ‘many times’

NPA puts pressure on PSNC for details on how it will spend an additional £1.5m LPC levy hike

19 Oct 2022

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Novo Nordisk’s injection pen recycling scheme goes UK-wide

Company calls on pharmacies to take part as it strives to eliminate CO2 emissions by 2030

19 Oct 2022

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Boots appoints Claire Nevinson as superintendent pharmacist

After 26 years in a variety of roles at Boots, Nevinson takes up the mantle of superintendent

19 Oct 2022

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Pharmacists can now access NHS strategy tool to plan service delivery

NHS England used the Pharmacy Show to announce community pharmacy access to a new strategic planning tool

18 Oct 2022

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We must listen to contractors and take them seriously, says CPhO

A contractor tells Webb she can't offer extra services because of the staffing costs involved

18 Oct 2022

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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

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NPA listens to those living with obesity to build on services

The NPA gave an update on its support with obesity services at the Pharmacy Show yesterday

17 Oct 2022

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How do NHS expectations sit with the funding reality?

NHS wants more services but is unwilling to cough up, the Pharmacy Show heard yesterday

17 Oct 2022

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Insight: More work for no extra money

I'm not having more work dumped on us on the cheap, our columnist writes

14 Oct 2022

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Boots parent expects UK business to grow 6% in 2023

WBA also hinted that it could revisit plans to sell Boots after talks stalled this year

14 Oct 2022

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Boots teams up with Uber Eats on home delivery pilot

Pilot taking place in 14 stores across the UK

14 Oct 2022

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Pharmacy closures will leave us with ‘depersonalised, dehumanised’ services

Professor David Taylor warns pharmacies struggling with funding cuts and inflation could close

14 Oct 2022

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Editor’s view: Our negotiators must change the narrative

It's past time the sector pulled together to develop a clear vision, writes PM editor Richard Thomas

14 Oct 2022

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Pharmacy sales drop 7% at Boots while retail sales are up 15%

Drop in demand for Covid services behind pharmacy sales slump, says multiple

13 Oct 2022

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Items dispensed by pharmacies up but pharmacies are closing

In 2021-22, 308 pharmacies opened and 418 closed, according to the NHSBSA

13 Oct 2022

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Government tax is ‘contributing’ to medicines shortage, warns BGMA chief

Trebling of medicines tax is disrupting the fragile medicines market, warns generics chief

13 Oct 2022

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