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CPE chief: Sunak’s election announcement must not delay funding talks

Community Pharmacy England chief executive Janet Morrison said the negotiator is focused on “accelerating” the 2024-25 talks in the next few weeks.

23 May 2024

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Wiltshire Council to discuss potential new pharmacy in Warminster tomorrow

Andrew Murrison, the MP for South-West Wiltshire, said local residents were struggling to access timely pharmacy care.

22 May 2024

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Pharmacist makes first move into ownership after buying pharmacy near Southampton

Madhu Bhogadi has purchased Bishop Waltham Pharmacy, which was owned by Matrix Primary Healthcare Ltd.

21 May 2024

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NPA launches ‘fair funding campaign’ drive ahead of general election

The NPA will provide pharmacies with campaign packs to ensure a “fair new deal” for contractors is a “key issue” in the general election.

20 May 2024

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Boots tries to stop independent from opening pharmacy in South Oxfordshire town

Chaudhry Abbas said Boots wanted to “maintain the monopoly” in Wallingford, a claim Boots denied.

20 May 2024

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Superdrug to cut the ribbon on 25 new stores in 2024

Superdrug to open some of its 'biggest ever stores' this year

17 May 2024

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NHS BSA forces two pharmacies to hand back £33k in hypertension fees

Exclusive: NHS investigation leads to large recovery of fees from two pharmacies

16 May 2024

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Sunak is ‘glossing over' pharmacy’s ‘financial crisis,’ says NPA chief

The NPA today took a large invoice to the Department of Health and Social Care for £108 million.

16 May 2024

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Bristol pharmacy secures grant funding to evaluate AMR solutions

Bedminster Pharmacy and UWE Bristol get grant funding from UK innovation fund

15 May 2024

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Pharmacy closures in England are ‘skyrocketing’, NPA warns

Drawing on NHS figures, the NPA said 177 pharmacies closed between January and April 2024 compared with 116 in the same period last year.

15 May 2024

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Independent's fight to open pharmacy on Dorset island for ‘beleaguered’ residents continues

Stephen McGonigle has struggled to secure support from local NHS organisations, leaving Portland's 13,500 residents with one pharmacy.

15 May 2024

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Boots parent ‘revisiting plan to sell its UK business’

WBA stock rallies amid reports it is once more eyeing a sale of the Boots UK business.

14 May 2024

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Police appeal for information about theft at Hampshire pharmacy

Police have today appealed for information after moisturiser was stolen from a Kamsons pharmacy in Hampshire.

14 May 2024

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Government greenlights two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing for January 2025

Legislation to enable two models of hub-and-spoke dispensing across the UK are planned to come into effect on 1 January 2025 “to gives the pharmacy sector time to explore the relevance of the new hub-and-spoke models to their businesses”.

14 May 2024

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Numark chairman praises “bold and forward-looking” NI community pharmacy vision

Harry McQuillan said Numark will “be working to fully support its members” to deliver the six priorities in Northern Ireland.

13 May 2024

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NHSE will scrutinise Pharmacy First data for ‘outliers’ abusing service

We take monitoring of the service seriously, NHS official tells Clinical Pharmacy Congress.

13 May 2024

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