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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...

Exclusive: Pharmacy Minister Stephen Kinnock: 'I want to unlock your potential'

Exclusive: Pharmacy Minister Stephen Kinnock: 'I want to unlock your potential'

I know you are ambitious for change, and very keen to make better use of your skills, to better your communities. You have shown time and again how you can deliver, and we are determined to provide the support you need.

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.

UPDATED: October Pharmacy First consultation threshold reduced to 20

UPDATED: October Pharmacy First consultation threshold reduced to 20

The minimum number of Pharmacy First consultations pharmacies will have to complete in October to qualify for a monthly payment has been reduced from 30 to 20, the negotiator has revealed. 

C+D Snap Poll: 85% in favour of community pharmacy collective action

C+D Snap Poll: 85% in favour of community pharmacy collective action

A C+D snapshot poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of "small" community pharmacy contractors and workers support work to rule protest action just days after Wes Streeting slammed the NPA for "sabre-rattling" over collective action.

Day Lewis - how we are preparing for the advent of Hub and Spoke

Day Lewis - how we are preparing for the advent of Hub and Spoke

Visibility, control, seamless communication, real risks and 'two very important things'. What has Day Lewis pharmacy process improvement manager Danny McNally discovered trialing a new way of working to take advantage of Hub and Spoke?

UPDATED: Global sum up £13m for Scottish pharmacies in new funding deal

UPDATED: Global sum up £13m for Scottish pharmacies in new funding deal

Funding for Scottish pharmacies will increase by some £13.2 million, with an additional £10 million in guaranteed reimbursement, the Scottish negotiator has revealed. 

Opinion: The NPA ballot - are you feeling solidarity? Or otherwise?

Opinion: The NPA ballot - are you feeling solidarity? Or otherwise?

Collective action is unprecedented in pharmacy, but the NPA is leading its members into a ballot that would see pharmacies work to rule - essentially curtailing all the services they offer for 'free'. With six weeks until the result, how do you plan to vote?

Revealed: Almost 47,000 hours lost to temporary pharmacy closures last year

Revealed: Almost 47,000 hours lost to temporary pharmacy closures last year

Almost six thousand working days were lost to temporary pharmacy closures in 2023, new data from Healthwatch has revealed.  

Pharmacy First: GP referral tech to reduce 'informal signposting' launched

Pharmacy First: GP referral tech to reduce 'informal signposting' launched

New software that “automatically” shares GP referrals with pharmacies has been rolled out, just as new poll data has found that half of pharmacies have seen reduced Pharmacy First referrals due to GP collective action, C+D can reveal.