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An appeal tribunal has upheld almost £70m in fines for two companies’ “illegal behaviour” that upped NHS spending on phenytoin sodium capsules by £48m in a year.
The government has introduced draft legislation to “permanently cut business rates” for pharmacies and other high-street retailers from 2026 as it continues to come under fire over its recent budget tax hikes, it has revealed.
A Wembley pharmacy is “actively preparing” a legal case after being suspended from the Pharmacy First service, C+D has learned.
Pharmacy workers across the Netherlands are taking part in a national strike calling for “higher wages” and a “reduction in work pressure”.
NHS England (NHSE) has relaunched its national Pharmacy First marketing campaign today, which includes “minor revisions” to the original material published earlier this year.
Two teenagers have appeared in court after subjecting a pharmacy to “terrible vandalism”, as an MP has warned that it is part of a criminal “pattern”.
Pharmacies and GPs will not receive additional funding to help with the burden of increased employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs), which was announced last week (October 30) in the chancellor’s first Budget, C+D understands.
A Northern Irish pharmacy chain has called some of its patients up to seven times to give them advance warning of the introduction of prescription delivery fees.
An increase in employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and minimum wages will cost the community pharmacy sector more than £125 million, a new IPA analysis has found.
A pharmacist “with 14 years of experience” has received the six-figure financial support of River Capital to purchase a Liverpool premise, the investor has announced.
The national living wage will increase by 6.7% to £12.21 an hour from April next year, the Chancellor has confirmed in her first budget.
Three members of an international drug gang have been sentenced for their role in the “large scale importation and distribution” of unregulated pharmaceutical drugs from India to the UK after police seized more than one million tablets.
The NPA has urged the government to include pharmacies in “any support” given to the NHS after media reports have suggested today’s budget will include a rise in employers’ National Insurance (NI).
The number of 100-hour pharmacies has fallen drastically in less than two years, a CCA analysis has shown.
The Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) has warned that many of the pharmacies that were formerly part of the Lloydspharmacy estate are facing difficulties.
Amazon Pharmacy has announced that it will expand its same-day medication delivery service to 20 new cities in the US next year.
Community pharmacy will take “almost 540 years” to reach NHSE workforce targets at the current rate of growth – instead of the planned 13 years – the CCA has warned.
A new analysis has revealed that NHS underfunding has left pharmacies facing “thousands of pounds” of losses every month for common prescription medicines including Parkinson’s drugs, antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications.
The multiple's parent company has revealed some 1,200 “future expected store closures” amid a 10% year-on-year pharmacy sales growth from Boots UK.
The minimum number of Pharmacy First consultations pharmacies must complete to qualify for a monthly payment has been reduced until March next year, NHS England has revealed.