HSCC to do ‘all it can’ to stop NHS consultation being ‘great big piece of nonsense’

HSCC to do ‘all it can’ to stop NHS consultation being ‘great big piece of nonsense’

 
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A new health and social care committee (HSCC) member has stressed that the committee will ensure the government’s months-long NHS consultation makes “some proper changes” amid concerns that it will just result in “more and more paperwork”.

Jhoots Pharmacy branch receives second bailiff visit in six months

Jhoots Pharmacy branch receives second bailiff visit in six months

 
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A Jhoots Pharmacy branch has been issued a second bailiff notice after it moved from an ex-Lloydspharmacy to a premise previously own by Boots.

Pharmacy minister gets flu jab on ‘first visit’ to community pharmacy

Pharmacy minister gets flu jab on ‘first visit’ to community pharmacy

 
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Stephen Kinnock has visited a community pharmacy for the “first” time since his appointment as pharmacy minister in July to “better understand the challenges” facing the sector.


HRT prescription items soar 22% after PPC introduction

HRT prescription items soar 22% after PPC introduction

 
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The number of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescription items has rocketed up 22% in a year amid the introduction of a pre-payment certificate (PPC), new data has revealed.

GP pharmacist warned after prescribing when ‘medically unfit to work’

GP pharmacist warned after prescribing when ‘medically unfit to work’

 
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A GP pharmacist and independent prescriber has been slapped with a warning after providing prescriptions to family and friends while being signed off as “medically unfit to work”.

Pharmacy First negotiations ‘were just horrendous’, says CPE

Pharmacy First negotiations ‘were just horrendous’, says CPE

 
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Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has revealed that negotiations around the Pharmacy First service were “horrendous”, as core contract negotiations that were originally set to conclude in March continue.


Kinnock: ‘Pharmacies are private businesses’ and closures ‘reflect many factors’

Kinnock: ‘Pharmacies are private businesses’ and closures ‘reflect many factors’

 
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The pharmacy minister has told MPs that community pharmacies’ “decisions to close reflect many factors” amid concerns about the declining numbers in the sector.

NHSE: ‘We need to respect’ GPs refusing to let pharmacies update records

NHSE: ‘We need to respect’ GPs refusing to let pharmacies update records

 
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NHS England (NHSE) officials have said they will “respect” GP practices that have switched off Pharmacy First “update record” IT functionality, despite Community Pharmacy England (CPE) calling for commissioners to “push, push, push” surgeries to “play ball”.

Epilepsy pills recalled after patient finds ‘metallic particle’ inside

Epilepsy pills recalled after patient finds ‘metallic particle’ inside

 
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A batch of anti-seizure medicine has been recalled as a “precautionary measure” after a patient discovered a small piece of metal inside a tablet, the pharmacy negotiator has announced.


Boots pharmacists given Dec 5 pensions ombudsman dispute deadline
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Boots pharmacists given Dec 5 pensions ombudsman dispute deadline

 
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The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has urged Boots pharmacists to submit internal complaints by the start of December so that they are “covered” by any “legally binding final decision” by the ombudsman on pension benefits.

Wegovy: Pharmacists urged to report ‘misuse’ amid 46 hospitalisations
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Wegovy: Pharmacists urged to report ‘misuse’ amid 46 hospitalisations

 
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The medicines watchdog has revealed that almost 50 patients have been hospitalised “in association with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs)”.

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‘Less than minimum wage’: Boots offers locum pharmacists £11 an hour ‘in error’
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‘Less than minimum wage’: Boots offers locum pharmacists £11 an hour ‘in error’

 
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The multiple has “immediately corrected” an advertised locum rate of just £11 an hour, after pharmacists on social media warned that low rates would see pharmacists “coming to a foodbank near you soon”.

‘Modernising healthcare’: Electronic prescriptions rolled out in every Wales health board

‘Modernising healthcare’: Electronic prescriptions rolled out in every Wales health board

 
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The electronic prescribing service (EPS) is now available at “some” community pharmacies in every health board in Wales, the government has announced.

NHS consultation ideas: ‘National’ pharmacy, NHS bulk-buying and 111 pharmacists

NHS consultation ideas: ‘National’ pharmacy, NHS bulk-buying and 111 pharmacists

 
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Just days after the government issued a “rallying cry” for ideas to save the NHS, it has been flooded with proposals for the pharmacy sector…


The decline of the 100-hour pharmacy: Numbers plummet 90% in two years

The decline of the 100-hour pharmacy: Numbers plummet 90% in two years

 
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The number of 100-hour pharmacies has fallen drastically in less than two years, a CCA analysis has shown.

Kinnock: Pharmacy reimbursement 'does not aim' to repay ‘as much’ as drugs cost

Kinnock: Pharmacy reimbursement 'does not aim' to repay ‘as much’ as drugs cost

 
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The pharmacy minister has said that government drug reimbursement does not aim to price match “every product” dispensed by pharmacists but rather “aims overall to reimburse” pharmacies.

Superintendent’s FtP restored after ‘home brew’ drunk delivery van crash

Superintendent’s FtP restored after ‘home brew’ drunk delivery van crash

 
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The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has found that the fitness to practise (FtP) of a pharmacist who “crashed” her company Citroen Berlingo van after drinking “six large drinks of her husband’s home brew” is “no longer impaired”.


Pharmacists urged to ‘submit ideas’ for 10-year plan to ‘fix NHS’

Pharmacists urged to ‘submit ideas’ for 10-year plan to ‘fix NHS’

 
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The government has launched a months-long consultation asking the “entire nation” to help shape plans to “overhaul” the NHS.

Cannabis farm-acy: Police raid uncovers 600 cannabis plants in ‘old pharmacy’

Cannabis farm-acy: Police raid uncovers 600 cannabis plants in ‘old pharmacy’

 
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A 27-year-old man has pleaded guilty of producing cannabis after nearly 600 plants were found at an old pharmacy building in Pembroke last week, local police have revealed.