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Fire-ravaged Rowlands branch opens ‘new-look premises’ after portacabin stint

Fire-ravaged Rowlands branch opens ‘new-look premises’ after portacabin stint

A Rowlands Pharmacy branch has reopened its doors after working from a portacabin for over three weeks due to damage caused by a fire in its original premises.

Streeting slams Atkins for pharmacies that went ‘bust on her watch’

Streeting slams Atkins for pharmacies that went ‘bust on her watch’

The previous health secretary has slated Wes Streeting for “casting doubt” on Pharmacy First, while he has asked her “how many pharmacies went bust on her watch”. 

NHSE reveals details of community pharmacy tech apprenticeship – but act fast  ​

NHSE reveals details of community pharmacy tech apprenticeship – but act fast ​

Over the two-year period, successful applicants will receive a total of £30,106 from NHSE to help pay for this apprenticeship, sites have until Sunday October 13, to apply for funding...

RPS Society or College, as health professionals let's continue with the (collegiate!) cooperation

RPS Society or College, as health professionals let's continue with the (collegiate!) cooperation

In early 2025, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) will ask members and fellows whether they wish it to be renamed the Royal College of Pharmacy. Two-thirds must agree. My vote, presently, is for college status but I might change my mind.

PDA chair calls on pharmacists to support doctors in scope-creep battle

PDA chair calls on pharmacists to support doctors in scope-creep battle

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.

‘Peasant wages’ for 'muppets': Christmas locum rates set to plummet

‘Peasant wages’ for 'muppets': Christmas locum rates set to plummet

Pharmacists have deemed upcoming Christmas locum rates advertised by pharmacy multiples as “terrible”.

‘It was amazing!’: Olympics lead pharmacist on dispensing to the world’s best athletes

‘It was amazing!’: Olympics lead pharmacist on dispensing to the world’s best athletes

How did someone with no experience in sports medicine end up as chief pharmacist at the Olympics? C+D spoke exclusively with the lead pharmacist who ran an athletic three-month operation out of a 24/7 polyclinic in the Olympic Village this summer… 

Community pharmacy technician numbers drop by a third in two years

Community pharmacy technician numbers drop by a third in two years

The number of pharmacy technicians working in the community has plummeted by 30% in just two years, new survey data has revealed. 

BREAKING: Boots and PDA agree 4% pharmacist uplift in 2024 pay deal

BREAKING: Boots and PDA agree 4% pharmacist uplift in 2024 pay deal

Boots pharmacists can expect a 4% uplift in pay, while pharmacist store managers and long-time pharmacist workers will see new minimum pay rates, the PDA has announced.

Xrayser: It's disappointing to see this behaviour

Xrayser: It's disappointing to see this behaviour

There are lots of questions swirling around pharmacy, and no 'right' answers. The only thing I am sure of is that we need unity, whatever we do, and an urgent uplift in funding, and we needed it at least five years ago.