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Pharmacists can consider “different options” when supplying certain HRT products in light of “significant ongoing disruption” to stock levels, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has told pharmacy teams.
Following the ongoing supply issues affecting hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products, the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) has released an additional 10 serious shortage protocols (SSPs), PSNC wrote in an update this afternoon (May 20).
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has proposed that people with long-term conditions – including obstructive sleep apnoea, schizophrenia and learning disabilities – are weighed annually.
Retail trade union Usdaw has revealed that Tesco workers, including pharmacy staff directly employed by the supermarket, will see a 5.2% increase in hourly pay from this month.
MP and pharmacist Sadik Al-Hassan has said the promised community pharmacy prescribing service is “deliverable” but not ready yet.
M&D Green has bought nine Scottish community pharmacies from Northern Ireland-based Gordons Chemists in its “largest acquisition to date”.
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has “entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired” by private equity firm Sycamore Partners.
