Money
0Fresh liquidation accounts have revealed that Lloydspharmacy has paid half a million pounds to former owners, but that payments for “non-preferential” creditors are “wholly dependent” on a successful tax appeal.
2NHS England (NHSE) has confirmed that both the government and pharmacy negotiators have seen the long-awaited economic analysis of the sector – but said that it will not share the report until the pharmacy contract is announced.
7The pharmacy minister and pharmacist MPs Sadik Al-Hassan and Taiwo Owatemi have all voted against exempting pharmacies from the upcoming national insurance hike.
8Pharmacies will not be exempt from the upcoming rise in national insurance after MPs rejected an amendment to the law.
0Two pharmacists have been struck off the register in separate hearings after being convicted of supplying controlled Class C drugs for their own “financial gain”.
0Retail trade union Usdaw has revealed that Tesco workers, including pharmacy staff directly employed by the supermarket, will see a 5.2% increase in hourly pay from this month.
2MP and pharmacist Sadik Al-Hassan has said the promised community pharmacy prescribing service is “deliverable” but not ready yet.
7The 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.
8As the dust settles on the announcement that NHS England (NHSE) is set for the scrapheap, questions on what a 50% headcount cut means for local commissioners remain…
4Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a new pharmacy contract deal.