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MPs’ letter urges Leadsom to support pharmacies against “unprecedented” pressures

Twenty MPs including former home secretary Priti Patel urged Leadsom to consider a “fair and fit-for-purpose funding model”.

05 Jan 2024

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New patient safety alert issued concerning GLP-1 shortages

Supplies of the diabetes drug class not expected to return to normal until the end of 2024 at the earliest.

05 Jan 2024

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We’ll resist HMRC raid on independents’ bank accounts, insists NPA

The NPA's Gareth Jones says it will push back against HMRC's decision to classify all locums as employees for tax purposes.

05 Jan 2024

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Three brands of isosorbide mononitrate are out of stock, warns DHSC

Nyzamac SR 40mg capsules, Zemon 40XL 40mg tablets and Isotard 40XL 40mg tablets are out of stock.

04 Jan 2024

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MHRA issues warning about missing Cozaar 100mg tablets information

The regulator said the sentence ‘grapefruit juice should be avoided while taking Cozaar’ is missing in some patient information leaflets.

04 Jan 2024

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Pharmacist expands reach after buying pharmacy in Wigan

Stuart Ellis, who runs Millenium Pharmacy in St.Helens, completed the purchase of J England Pharmacy in Wigan.

03 Jan 2024

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Sector could face £550m retrospective tax bill if locums classed as employees says CCA

HMRC’s long running investigation into whether self-employed locum pharmacists used by pharmacies are employed for tax purposes covered in Financial Times

02 Jan 2024

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Pharmacy worker who poisoned lover jailed for seven years

Lily Cartier, 53, from Felbridge in Surrey, poisoned 71-year-old John Sharrard with drugs she stole from the pharmacy she worked in.

02 Jan 2024

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New Cat M prices means AIV down 14p in Q1, warns CPE

Community Pharmacy England is warning of a reduction of £38 million in reimbursement in the first quarter of 2024 following publication of the Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for January.

02 Jan 2024

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Roll-out of Pharmacy First a 'pivotal moment' says CPhO David Webb

Pharmacy First “provides an opportunity for community pharmacy to step more fully into its clinical future as part of the integrated NHS primary care team," he says in an end-of-year letter to the sector.

19 Dec 2023

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Coroner raises concerns after death of woman from cyclizine toxicity

Manchester coroner has written to MHRA and NHS England after investigating death of a patient due to cyclizine toxicity in January 2022

19 Dec 2023

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NHS vaccination strategy delegates delivery to ICBs

Community pharmacies to have wider role in local vaccination delivery networks which will deliver both life-course and seasonal vaccinations.

19 Dec 2023

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More speculation about possible Boots sell-off

Owner WBA might be looking at again listing the UK pharmacy chain on the stock market, according to Bloomberg.

14 Dec 2023

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We need visionaries to reap benefits of medicines reclassification

Maxwellia CEO Anna Maxwell said switching “has the power to create a seismic shift” from symptom management to prevention.

13 Dec 2023

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Future of medicines reclassification is exciting, PAGB event hears

The Reclassification Alliance “will drive collaboration” between stakeholders to identify medicines that could be reclassified from POM to P.

12 Dec 2023

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Demand for GP appointments could rocket if pharmacy closures continue

Widespread pharmacy closures could increase demand for GP appointments by 69 million or more a year, suggest figures from a survey conducted by the National Pharmacy Association in October.

12 Dec 2023

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