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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

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Registration assessment: GPhC has ‘clear evidence’ of cheating

GPhC taking action against those who shared questions, it says in report on controversial exam

06 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Leadership

LloydsPharmacy appoints Kevin Birch as its new CEO

Birch fills CEO vacancy three months after Toby Anderson's departure

31 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Business environment

Alarm raised on ‘significant’ energy bill hike for pharmacies

Pharmacies 'bracing themselves' for rate hikes, warns PSNC

31 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Prescribing

GP pharmacist recruitment linked with ‘better medicines prescribing’

However, higher recruitment of additional roles to surgeries may hurt patient satisfaction

30 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Clinical

Pharmacists reduce exposure to high-risk anticholinergics

Pilot studies from the US report that pharmacist-overseen deprescribing reduces exposure

26 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Clinical

Hypertension doubles Covid-19 hospitalisations

Hypertension leads to highest increased risk of hospitalisation for omicron, study shows

26 Aug 2022 , 1 Min Article