Pharmacist MP makes maiden parliamentary speech

Pharmacist MP makes maiden parliamentary speech

 
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Labour MP Sadik Al-Hassan has voiced concerns about the “decline of community pharmacies” in his first parliamentary speech.

IPA warns ‘wrecking ball’ budget will cost sector over £125m

IPA warns ‘wrecking ball’ budget will cost sector over £125m

 
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An increase in employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and minimum wages will cost the community pharmacy sector more than £125 million, a new IPA analysis has found.

BMA's top GP warns budget will 'break' pharmacies – but less than GPs

BMA's top GP warns budget will 'break' pharmacies – but less than GPs

 
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The British Medical Association (BMA) has stressed that the budget will have a “devastating impact” on the health sector, “but none more so than NHS GP services”.


Pharmacist pleads not guilty to causing death of teen by careless driving

Pharmacist pleads not guilty to causing death of teen by careless driving

 
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A pharmacist has pleaded not guilty to causing the death of an 18-year-old by careless driving after a crash with the teenage motorcyclist near Brighton in the summer of 2022.

Rowlands Pharmacy reveals 37 branch sales as losses cut to £38m

Rowlands Pharmacy reveals 37 branch sales as losses cut to £38m

 
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“The uncertain future of pharmacy funding” has contributed to the company’s multi-million-pound loss, its annual report has said.

Third of public still ‘unaware’ of Pharmacy First service

Third of public still ‘unaware’ of Pharmacy First service

 
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More than a third of the public are still “unaware” of the Pharmacy First service launched across England in January, the NPA has revealed.


Pharmacist scores six-figure funding to ‘transform’ Liverpool pharmacy

Pharmacist scores six-figure funding to ‘transform’ Liverpool pharmacy

 
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A pharmacist “with 14 years of experience” has received the six-figure financial support of River Capital to purchase a Liverpool premise, the investor has announced.

Wegovy: Ten deaths linked to weight loss injections, says MHRA
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Wegovy: Ten deaths linked to weight loss injections, says MHRA

 
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The medicines watchdog has received reports of some 10 deaths “with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) indicated for weight management” such as Wegovy and Mounjaro, C+D can reveal.

Pharmacies losing £115m a year over ‘informal’ GP referrals

Pharmacies losing £115m a year over ‘informal’ GP referrals

 
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The pharmacy network has lost more than £115-million-worth of potential Pharmacy First funding this year due to “informal referrals” by GPs and NHS 111, a new audit by the negotiator has revealed.


Devon pharmacy pilot launched to reduce opioid drug-related deaths

Devon pharmacy pilot launched to reduce opioid drug-related deaths

 
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Pharmacies in Devon are taking part in a new pilot service that aims to reduce the number of drug-related deaths in the county and trains staff to recognise and respond to the “symptoms of opioid overdose”.

Minimum wage to rise 6.7% as National Insurance hike confirmed

Minimum wage to rise 6.7% as National Insurance hike confirmed

 
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The national living wage will increase by 6.7% to £12.21 an hour from April next year, the Chancellor has confirmed in her first budget.

Pharmacists to identify beta blocker patients after packaging ‘mix-up’

Pharmacists to identify beta blocker patients after packaging ‘mix-up’

 
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A batch of beta blocker medicine has been recalled as a “precautionary measure” amid concerns that blister strips of a different medication could be inside the tablet pack, the pharmacy negotiator has announced.


‘Empire of pain’: Drug gang jailed after police seize 1m ‘illicit’ pills

‘Empire of pain’: Drug gang jailed after police seize 1m ‘illicit’ pills

 
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Three members of an international drug gang have been sentenced for their role in the “large scale importation and distribution” of unregulated pharmaceutical drugs from India to the UK after police seized more than one million tablets.

National Insurance rise would be ‘kick in the teeth’ for pharmacy, NPA warns

National Insurance rise would be ‘kick in the teeth’ for pharmacy, NPA warns

 
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The NPA has urged the government to include pharmacies in “any support” given to the NHS after media reports have suggested today’s budget will include a rise in employers’ National Insurance (NI).

HSCC to do ‘all it can’ to stop NHS consultation being ‘great big piece of nonsense’

HSCC to do ‘all it can’ to stop NHS consultation being ‘great big piece of nonsense’

 
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A new health and social care committee (HSCC) member has stressed that the committee will ensure the government’s months-long NHS consultation makes “some proper changes” amid concerns that it will just result in “more and more paperwork”.


Jhoots Pharmacy branch receives second bailiff visit in six months

Jhoots Pharmacy branch receives second bailiff visit in six months

 
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A Jhoots Pharmacy branch has been issued a second bailiff notice after it moved from an ex-Lloydspharmacy to a premise previously own by Boots.

Pharmacy minister gets flu jab on ‘first visit’ to community pharmacy

Pharmacy minister gets flu jab on ‘first visit’ to community pharmacy

 
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Stephen Kinnock has visited a community pharmacy for the “first” time since his appointment as pharmacy minister in July to “better understand the challenges” facing the sector.

HRT prescription items soar 22% after PPC introduction

HRT prescription items soar 22% after PPC introduction

 
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The number of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescription items has rocketed up 22% in a year amid the introduction of a pre-payment certificate (PPC), new data has revealed.


GP pharmacist warned after prescribing when ‘medically unfit to work’

GP pharmacist warned after prescribing when ‘medically unfit to work’

 
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A GP pharmacist and independent prescriber has been slapped with a warning after providing prescriptions to family and friends while being signed off as “medically unfit to work”.

Pharmacy First negotiations ‘were just horrendous’, says CPE

Pharmacy First negotiations ‘were just horrendous’, says CPE

 
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Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has revealed that negotiations around the Pharmacy First service were “horrendous”, as core contract negotiations that were originally set to conclude in March continue.