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A healthcare data company and consultancy will jointly run the NHSE-commissioned economic review of the pharmacy sector, it has been revealed.
Healthcare data company IQVIA and consultancy Frontier Economics have successfully tendered for the long-awaited economic review of pharmaceutical services, IQVIA vice president Carol Alexandre revealed at the Sigma Pharmaceuticals conference yesterday (February 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.
Members of parliament have argued that the government has not “properly considered” the effects of the upcoming National Insurance Contributions (NICs) hike on community pharmacies.
The two pharmacy bodies have urged NHS England (NHSE) to “release immediately” its “long-awaited” economic analysis of community pharmacy, stressing that their “collective voice must be heard”.
