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1‘Up to’ £8 million is set to be spent on pharmacy “digital developments” over the next year, the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) has announced.
6The new pharmacy funding deal has revealed incoming changes to the medicines margin, including plans for an “early entry” Category M process.
5Details of the long-awaited pharmacy contract deal have revealed single activity fee uplifts, a one-off £193 million historic margin write-off and plans “to redesign the whole payment timetable”.
2MP and pharmacist Sadik Al-Hassan has said the promised community pharmacy prescribing service is “deliverable” but not ready yet.
0The Danish drugmaker has launched a “direct-to-patient” pharmacy, offering "all dose strengths of Wegovy at a reduced cost”.
1A coroner has warned of the “potential dangers” of a trio of drugs, after a patient died who had been on them for four years “without concern”.
2In the first month of its updated guidance, the pharmacy regulator has already referred three individuals for fitness-to-practise (FtP) investigations for concerns around weight management drugs, C+D has learned.
12The pharmacy regulator has revealed that it has “opened an investigation into the concerns raised” by a coroner after a man who was unable to get his prescription died.
1Paydens Pharmacy has announced the rollout of a private prescribing service that allows patients to access same-day care “without needing to see their GP” for £15 per consultation.
5The health secretary has deemed Boots weight loss safeguards “totally unacceptable” after a new Dispatches documentary found that the pharmacy provided a 16-year-old with Wegovy against its own policy.