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Business environment

Pharmacies to benefit from energy bills relief for businesses

Rees-Mogg announces time-limited discount on wholesale prices for businesses

23 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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GPhC bans pharmacist from providing online services for a year

Freshly registered pharmacist 'tried to run before she could walk' in setting up online pharmacy

21 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Older people's health

Preventative prescribing is risky in the very old

Preventative medicines are often prescribed with no clear benefit, a study finds

16 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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PDA

Pharmacy delivery needs reconfiguring says PDA

A recent PDA report called on policymakers to revolutionise pharmacy service provision

15 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Vaccinations

Pharmacies deliver 100k flu jabs in first eight days of service

Pharmacies in England deliver 101,478 flu jabs in the first eight days of the vaccination campaign

15 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Watchdog questions if GPhC can hold large businesses to account

There is a 'power imbalance' between the GPhC and large pharmacy multiples says watchdog

14 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Women's health

New body-identical HRT product approved for Scottish NHS

Bijuve approved for use on NHS after a review of its effectiveness and value for money

13 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Employment

Welsh pharmacy staff to get 4% pay rise under terms of funding uplift

Staff earning less than £46k to get a pay increase of 'at least' four per cent, says CPhO Evans

13 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Business environment

Inverness locums paid £54 an hour as average UK rate jumps 14%

Inverness locums commanded the highest average rate in a study of 30,000 shifts

08 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Cost of dependence-forming medicines has fallen by half since 2015

Pregabalin coming off patent a key driver in reduced NHS spend

08 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Coronavirus

27% rise in pharmacies offering autumn Covid boosters

NHSE reveals 1,845 pharmacy-led sites are taking part in the autumn booster campaign

07 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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England’s chief pharmacist to address NPA online conference

CPhO one of the keynote speakers at NPA conference next week

06 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Public health

Public largely unaware pharmacy is best for health advice, reveals study

Research commissioned by Perrigo reveals seven in 10 people in the UK ignore health conditions

06 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article