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The new medicine service (NMS) will be expanded from September 1 to include more therapeutic areas, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has announced.
Twelve additional conditions have been added to the service, PSNC announced today (August 23), as it published the outcome of the negotiations on year three of the community pharmacy contractual framework.
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The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that it is advising its 6,000 member pharmacies to limit services and reduce opening hours in protest against “unsustainable” funding.
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