Legal

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is set to fill the “legal loophole” that currently leaves pharmacist-owned-businesses that are run from unregistered premises completely unregulated, the pharmacy regulator has said.

PDA chair Mark Koziol has encouraged pharmacists to contribute to a doctor group’s legal war chest as they challenge their regulator on scope creep from MAPs.

The new government is “not in a position” to implement promised intercompany hub-and-spoke changes in January, the pharmacy negotiator has announced.

A woman has been imprisoned after conducting a “sophisticated” stalking campaign in which she “pretended to be a male pharmacist” to deceive her victim.

The Court of Appeal has reinstated mammoth fines imposed against manufacturers that had been set aside on procedural grounds earlier this year.

Dispensing a different quantity in a manufacturer’s original pack requires a pharmacist to make the supply or pharmacist supervision - and there is considerable lack of clarity over the meaning of supervision.

A “high-strength veterinary sedative” and 21 other “dangerous” drugs will be banned by the government, it has announced.   

An NHS Resolution pharmacy appeals committee has found it is “required to refuse” Pharmacy2U’s application to take over the ownership of LloydsDirect’s west London depot.

A protracted prochlorperazine saga has ended after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) declined to appeal against the overturning of its fines against three companies by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).

Nadine Poole received £600 in fines after she pleaded guilty to six charges at Lisburn Magistrates’ Court.