GPhC considering AI-written ‘on-demand’ calculations paper

 
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The pharmacy regulator has considered using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ‘clone’ questions in part of the registration exam – and contemplated scrapping the calculations paper entirely.

Public want more services offered at pharmacies, YouGov reveals

 
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Three quarters of the respondents to a YouGov poll said they support pharmacies providing treatment for additional conditions, including chest infections and skin conditions.

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Salary Survey: Do you have faith in the government?

 

After 14 years of Conservative rule, Labour stormed to an election victory in July. Does community pharmacy think the new regime understands pharmacy better than the last one?


Hope for 2025/26 funding deal by April, says CPS

 
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The Scottish pharmacy negotiator would be “delighted” for funding deal to be reached by April but admit it is “out of our control”.

‘Tear down the regs and make PrEP readily available’, say MPs

 
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Describing the situation as "ridiculous", MPs have called for HIV drug pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to be made “more readily available” outside of sexual health clinics and to “tear down” the regulations stopping community pharmacies from prescribing the medicine.

Government needs a ‘reality check’ on services and pharmacy funding, warns minister

 
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Northern Ireland’s Mike Nesbitt said the demand for more services will “require investment” and budgets need to reflect this.


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CPE mulling over ‘initial’ funding offer - as it bumps up LPC levy 2%

 

The negotiator said it had spent a “significant amount of time analysing and discussing the initial offer put to us” during a meeting spread across two days in February.

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Salary Survey: Do you get value from your trade associations?

 

Community pharmacy has multiple trade associations representing differing priorities. Does the industry believe they are offering value?


‘Overwhelming opposition’: 93% of pharmacists reject P-med self-selection

 

A new survey has revealed that the vast majority of PDA members are opposed to making Pharmacy medicines (P-meds) available for self-selection.

Flu: ‘No changes’ to eligibility as autumn start dates announced

 
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The government has announced the dates for pharmacies to begin delivering free flu vaccinations in the autumn with no changes made to the eligible cohorts.

Kinnock: Employers must make pharmacy jobs ‘attractive’

 
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The pharmacy minister has told MPs that the responsibility “clearly” falls on employers to keep community pharmacists in work by making their jobs “attractive”.


PDA reveals 14% Boots trainee pharmacist pay uplift

 

The pharmacy union has revealed that it has agreed an increase of up to 14% in the pay rate for trainee pharmacists with Boots.

‘Modernised corporate structure’: RPS reveals dates for ‘Royal College’ vote

 
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has proposed changes to its Royal Charter to help create “a robust foundation” for the membership body, with the vote on its royal college bid to open in just over a month's time.

Pharmacist suspended for claiming MMR jab causes autism

 
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A fitness-to-practise (FtP) committee has suspended a pharmacist for four months after she shared “misinformation about the MMR vaccination and autism”, which “risked serious harm” to a patient.


Pharmacy leaders demand DH ‘immediately’ publish economic analysis

 
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The Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA) and National Pharmacy Association (NPA) have called for the government to urgently publish its economic review of the sector during contract negotiations.

Weight loss: Online pharmacy influencer discount codes shot down

 
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The medicines regulator has chided Lloyds Pharmacy Online Doctor for its advertising around weight loss medicines, while another online pharmacy has landed in hot water for using “content creators” to promote the drugs.

ICBs to commission ‘all vaccination services’ from April 2026

 
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NHS England (NHSE) has greenlit plans for the “vast majority” of vaccination and screening services to be commissioned locally from April next year.


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IN FULL: CPE sets out April to July ‘timeframe’ to deliver new contract

 
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The pharmacy negotiator has revealed that negotiations for this year and next year's funding deal may not be concluded and implemented until July.

PSNI appoints new chief executive on DH ‘secondment’

 
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The Northern Irish (NI) pharmacy regulator has appointed a new chief executive after months of delay.