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UPDATED: Boots parent company announces 1,200 US store closures
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UPDATED: Boots parent company announces 1,200 US store closures

The multiple's parent company has revealed some 1,200 “future expected store closures” amid a 10% year-on-year pharmacy sales growth from Boots UK.

UPDATED: Pharmacy First thresholds slashed until March
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UPDATED: Pharmacy First thresholds slashed until March

The minimum number of Pharmacy First consultations pharmacies must complete to qualify for a monthly payment has been reduced until March next year, NHS England has revealed.

CQC to ‘pick up’ regulation of pharmacists prescribing from home

CQC to ‘pick up’ regulation of pharmacists prescribing from home

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is set to fill the “legal loophole” that currently leaves pharmacist-owned-businesses that are run from unregistered premises completely unregulated, the pharmacy regulator has said.

Doing anything at the weekend?

Doing anything at the weekend?

The Pharmacy Show starts on Sunday and all eyes are on the big industry players. Who are you looking forward to meeting?

‘No sustainable future’: Boots union members to vote on merging with PDA
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‘No sustainable future’: Boots union members to vote on merging with PDA

“Hundreds” of Boots Pharmacists' Association (BPA) members will be balloted on plans to merge the union with the Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA), C+D has learned.

‘Respite to employment challenges’: Average UK locum rate nosedives 10% in a year

‘Respite to employment challenges’: Average UK locum rate nosedives 10% in a year

Pharmacist locum rates in some parts of the UK have plummeted by a third since 2022, new data from Locate a Locum has revealed.

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Doing anything at the weekend?

 
• By James Halliwell

The Pharmacy Show starts on Sunday and all eyes are on the big industry players. Who are you looking forward to meeting?

The pursuit of harmony - can CPE find it?

 
• By James Stent

CPE’s committee represents the many voices of the sector, but does the shifting ownership picture across the UK mean it no longer represents community pharmacy accurately?

RPS Society or College, as health professionals let's continue with the (collegiate!) cooperation

 
• By Malcolm Brown

In early 2025, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) will ask members and fellows whether they wish it to be renamed the Royal College of Pharmacy. Two-thirds must agree. My vote, presently, is for college status but I might change my mind.

Exclusive: Pharmacy Minister Stephen Kinnock: 'I want to unlock your potential'

 
• By Stephen Kinnock

I know you are ambitious for change, and very keen to make better use of your skills, to better your communities. You have shown time and again how you can deliver, and we are determined to provide the support you need.

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