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The top GP at the doctor’s union has said that recent changes to trainee pharmacist funding “will continue to fail” if there are not enough staff behind them.
Chair of the British Medical Association’s (BMA) GP committee Dr Katie Bramall-Stainer has criticised the news that primary care networks (PCNs) and GP practices will be eligible for trainee pharmacist funding from 2025/26.
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0The 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.
1Due to shortages in coal tar scalp ointment, the DHSC has asked the manufacturer of an equivalent product - Sebco - to provide increased stock levels to support patients during this time.
0Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden collapse” due to overdoses.
All of the places on a new pharmacy technician apprenticeship programme have already been filled on the day it launched, organisers have revealed.
A postgraduate pharmacy student has been removed from the register after she “falsified” documents during her studies, “invented reasons for absences” and made “widespread clinical failures” during her time of employment.
