Services

GP leaders have voted "overwhelmingly" for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be “terminated with immediate effect” at the BMA’s annual GP conference.

A study of Welsh sore throat services has found that 24% of pharmacy consultations ended with an antibiotic prescription, compared with 39% of GP consultations.

A pharmacy group has urged the BMA to reject a GP leaders’ motion for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be “terminated with immediate effect”, which is set to be debated at the BMA’s annual GP conference tomorrow.

The medicines regulator has ordered an online pharmacy to amend its advertising for medication “not licensed for weight loss” following a complaint, it has revealed.

A Wembley pharmacy is “actively preparing” a legal case after being suspended from the Pharmacy First service, C+D has learned.

Pilot pharmacies are set to offer patients vouchers for a vape “starter kit” and “up to four weeks’ worth of vape liquid” in a bid to help them quit smoking.

GP leaders have called for pharmacy blood pressure checks to be “terminated with immediate effect” ahead of the BMA’s annual GP conference later this month, where the motion and other community pharmacy issues will be debated.

The pharmacy sector has deemed the tabloid “irresponsible” for publishing an article that tells patients how to answer Pharmacy First service questions so that pharmacists “give you antibiotics”.

NHS England (NHSE) has relaunched its national Pharmacy First marketing campaign today, which includes “minor revisions” to the original material published earlier this year.

Tesco has announced the launch of a new “dedicated health zone” to expand its pharmacy services such as weight management and provide customers with “easy and convenient” healthcare while they shop.