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Pharmacies wishing to join an NHS scheme to receive early payments for their pharmaceutical services will not be able to do so “until further notice”, the DH has said.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) announced last week that, from March 18, it is no longer accepting applications from new pharmacies wanting to sign up to the Pharmacy Earlier Payment Scheme (PEPS) – a “privately financed, voluntary arrangement” managed by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA).
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Margaret Billings sustained fatal injuries when she was caught between a moving boat and a riverbank during a day out “with family and friends”, an inquest has found.
C+D rounds up some of the immediate pharmacy reaction to news that NHS England will be abolished, with more control moving back to the government and local leaders…
Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a new pharmacy contract deal.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has responded to criticisms of its plans to register as a charity and gain royal college status, stressing that it followed a “democratic process”.
The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has called for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) to “abandon its hastily convened ballot” on royal college status, while others called for a dissenting board member to “resign immediately”.
