| Government 'discussing' hub-to-patient model with CPE ... e of pharmacy finances, pharmacy owners may not be able to invest in this at the moment,' he said. Impact of hub and spoke changes on independent pharmacies Harry McQuillan, chair of pharmacy chain numark, said the delay was 'disappointing, particularly for independent pharmacy owners who continue to be left without the same opportunities as those operating within the same legal entity'. But he sai ... Date: 04-10-2024 Categories: • Community • News |
| Pharmacy damaged by fire re-opens to patients A Rowlands pharmacy in Rhos-on-sea, North Wales, has reopened weeks after being 'considerably damaged' by fire. Local mayor of Colwyn Bay Councillor Ricki Owen cut the blue ribbon to open the new-look pr ... Date: 27-09-2024 Categories: • Community • News |
| All parts of Pharmacy First should be open to walk-ins, says CPE ... ars. While GP partner Dr Selvaseelan Selvarajah commented that direct patient access to Pharmacy First ‘would really help’ both community pharmacy and general practice. Meanwhile Harry McQuillan, numark chair and former chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland, highlighted that allowing patients to access community pharmacies as a first port of call was 'in the title’ of Pharmacy First. And he ... Date: 18-09-2024 Categories: • Community • News • Pharmacy First |
| The Pharmacist to launch ‘six months of Pharmacy First’ report ... ilpa Shah, chief executive of Community Pharmacy North East London; Jonathan Cooper, owner of independent pharmacy group Cooper’s Chemist in the North East of England; Harry McQuillan, chair at numark and former chief executive of Community Pharmacy Scotland; Sukhy Somal, Head of Community Pharmacy Clinical Services at The Black Country Integrated Care System; Dr Sarah Jacques, part of the D ... Date: 17-09-2024 Categories: • Community • News • Pharmacy First |
| Pharmacy relocates to temporary cabin following fire A Rowlands Pharmacy in North Wales has been forced to open in a portacabin following ‘considerable damage’ caused by a fire at its usual site. The temporary measure means the pharmacy in Rhos-on-Sea can ... Date: 03-09-2024 Categories: • Community • News |
| Former CPS chief executive joins numark as chair Former Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS) chief executive Harry McQuillan has taken up the position of chair at numark. Phoenix UK, numark’s parent company, said Mr McQuillan’s role would be to ‘help ensure policy makers across the UK understand fully the potential of community pharmacy’, as well as being ‘front a ... Date: 18-01-2024 Categories: • Community • News |
| Flu service ‘shambles’ makes ‘no sense’ ahead of Pharmacy First ... that the last-minute change would create confusion for patients and disrupt the provision of other patient services. In particular, the managing director of Rowlands Pharmacy, which is part of the numark group, raised concerns about the government’s communication with community pharmacies ahead of the launch of Pharmacy First in England, which will see the sector delivering more clinical services to ... Date: 05-09-2023 Categories: • Clinical • News • Respiratory |
| Scotland funding deal shows government can’t get Pharmacy First ‘on the cheap’ ... e to be relentlessly squeezed, rather it is at the heart of improving healthcare outcomes from illness prevention to long-term condition management. And he noted that the Phoenix group, which owns numark, will ‘continue to lobby ministers, officials, and policy makers to ensure they understand that community pharmacy is a solution to increasing patient demand and expectations’. Date: 27-07-2023 Categories: • Community • Views |
| Growth in ‘pharmacy deserts’ as closures increase ... ple trying to access a diminishing pool of pharmacies, leading to ‘pharmacy deserts’ in urban areas, new analysis has warned. According to Gophr, the delivery partner for online pharmacies such as numark, areas of the West Midlands, North West England, South East England and London are at risk of becoming ‘pharmacy deserts’. Gophr’s analysis, based on statistics shared by the Company Chemists’ Ass ... Date: 25-05-2023 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| All pholcodine-containing products recalled from UK due to anaphylaxis risk ... L 00240/0103 Covonia Dry Cough Sugar Free Formula, PL 00240/0353 Bell Sons & Company (Druggists) Limited Pholcodine Linctus Bells Healthcare 5mg Per 5ml Oral Solution, PL 03105/0059 numark Pholcodine 5mg per 5ml Oral Solution, PL 03105/0059 Well Pharmaceuticals Pholcodine 5mg per 5ml Oral Solution, PL 03105/0059 Superdrug Pholcodine Linctus BP, PL 03105/0059 Strong Pholcodine ... Date: 14-03-2023 Categories: • News |
| Managing director at numark steps down Changes have been announced in the senior leadership team at Phoenix UK, with the managing director of numark stepping down, and a new director 'really excited' to be joining the growing business. After almost eight years with Phoenix UK - latterly as managing director of numark and group sales and market ... Date: 02-02-2023 Categories: • News |
| PSNC: Pharmacies offering wider range of vaccinations would improve uptake ... general practice colleagues. It makes perfect sense, and we look forward to the NHS response to this consultation.’ Both Pfizer UK’s head of vaccines and community pharmacy membership organisation numark have argued for more delivery of vaccination services through pharmacies in recent years. However, some London pharmacies have recently said that they are ‘paying out of their own pocket’ to deliv ... Date: 29-09-2022 Categories: • Vaccinations and infections |
| Boots claims record demand for Winter Flu Jabs Service ... le, and make sure you and your loved ones are protected from flu ahead of the winter season when influenza is at its peak.’ The record demand comes after community pharmacy membership organisation numark urged pharmacies to ‘do all they can to help clear much higher flu volumes than in previous years', as flu vaccinations will form ‘the backbone of the pharmacy winter service agenda’. The free NHS ... Date: 11-07-2022 Categories: • Vaccinations and infections |
| Pharmacists should deliver more flu vaccinations this winter, says numark ... they can to help clear much higher flu volumes than in previous years,' as flu vaccinations will form ‘the backbone of the pharmacy winter service agenda’, community pharmacy membership organisation numark has urged. Eligibility for the flu vaccination is returning to pre-pandemic cohorts, so those aged 50 to 64 and secondary school children aged 11 to 15 - groups that were eligible in the 2021 to 2 ... Date: 27-05-2022 Categories: • Vaccinations and infections |
| Margaret MacRury steps down from Rowlands after 10 years ... ther’s retirement announcement. Earlier this year, Phoenix UK, announced it had bought online prescription service Co-op Health and said it planned to ‘take it to the next level’ through its numark and Rowlands network. Date: 31-01-2022 Categories: • News |
| Pharmacy multiples: how is the sector faring? Major players in the pharmacy multiples have been consolidating their business positions, with speculation that the sector may see significant changes ahead. Where are we, and what might the knock-on effec ... Date: 17-12-2021 Categories: • News |
| Phoenix renames Co-op Health ‘Hey Pharmacist’ ... aunch of an app alongside plans to launch a collection service by Christmas. The rebranded app, now known as 'Hey Pharmacist', was made available to customers earlier this month in a bid to help numark compete with distance selling pharmacies also hopes to offer patients the convenience of buying products online ‘with access to local pharmacy – reinforcing the link between the patient and their loc ... Date: 26-07-2021 Categories: • News |
| Well Pharmacy board director to replace Mark Bather at Rowlands ... to be able to be part of its future.’ Earlier this year, PHOENIX UK announced it had bought online prescription service Co-op Health and said it planned to ‘take it to the next level’ through its numark and Rowlands network. Date: 01-06-2021 Categories: • News |
| numark pilots heart health service across 50 pharmacies numark has launched a new heart health service across 50 member pharmacies and Rowlands pharmacies in northern England. The new free service, named Heart Health Check, will provide patients with a cardio ... Date: 18-05-2021 Categories: • News |
| Travel health: 'The service increases footfall as well as revenue' ... PGD. What, if any, training did you or other team members have to undergo? We already have vaccination skills as we offer flu jabs and have been doing Covid vaccinations as well. We are numark members and so were able to access free training from them on how to set up a travel clinic, which was very informative. In a nutshell, what does the service involve? People usually com ... Date: 17-05-2021 Categories: • Vaccinations and infections |
| numark and Rowlands’ parent company acquires online pharmacy ... and into the growing digital pharmacy market. Phoenix UK announced today (12 March) that it had acquired the service for an undisclosed sum and said it would ‘take it to the next level through its numark and Rowlands network’. The Co-op Health service enables people to order medication via an app or online for collection at a pharmacy or for home delivery, Phoenix UK said. It added that the acq ... Date: 12-03-2021 Categories: • News |
| Travel health service: 'If you want to increase revenue it's a good place to start' ... ted an online training for travel vaccinations and a training on administering vaccinations, so that they can run the consultations and administer the vaccinations. All counter staff have done their numark training on helping to identify patients. The majority of our customers are coming to us asking for this service, so the counter staff have to take the patient’s details and then refer them to the ph ... Date: 08-02-2021 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Travel health services |
| Flu service: 'Our Perspex vaccination screen is certainly a talking point' ... last two years. I have revisited the Declaration of Competence on the CPPE website, and I read through all my PGDs and signed then off. We also had a briefing with our team and they undertook a numark online flu jab training course. Are there any opportunities to sell over the counter or prescription products during the consultation or after it? We have been extremely busy giving ... Date: 29-09-2020 Categories: • Vaccination |
| Community pharmacists hit out at online pharmacy Facebook ads ... e ad has since been taken down by Echo, but ran for 4 days between the 26 August and 30 August 2020, according to Facebook. Echo Pharmacy Facebook advert Jeremy Meader, managing director at numark, said on LinkedIn last week that ‘the latest Echo Facebook ad feels like a kick in the teeth for local community pharmacy’. He added that the advert appears to be ‘actively encouraging patients no ... Date: 17-09-2020 Categories: • News |
| Pharmacy contract: the sector reacts ... acity. The wellbeing of the workforce needs to be a priority to ensure they can deliver on this deal. We would like to see this integrated into future agreements between PSNC, NHSE&I and DHSC. numark: ‘It will improve the relationship between primary and secondary care’ A numark spokesperson said they welcomed the DMS and also highlighted suggestions on how to ensure the service lasts. ‘We ... Date: 25-02-2020 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| How has the sector reacted to plans to raise premises fees? ... armacy contractors comes at a particularly difficult time when businesses are already facing significant financial challenges from a combination of rising costs, capacity issues and flat funding.’ numark: Proposals ‘difficult to justify’ Independent pharmacy support group numark said the proposed increase in premises fees ‘will be incomprehensible for many independent contractors’. A spokesper ... Date: 08-01-2020 Categories: • Analysis • Latest News • More News • News |
| Forget the 'French model', Mr Hancock - the answer is much closer to home ... years of flat funding will do little to improve matters. Pharmacy sector is already looking up to Scotland, and increasingly Wales, as its gold standard. Indeed, independent pharmacy support group numark called for the rest of the UK to ‘aspire to the Scottish model’ just last year. So, Mr Hancock – there’s no need to be a pharmacy Francophile. You don’t have to venture far from home to find servi ... Date: 31-07-2019 Categories: • Views |
| On my patch – Scotland: ‘GP practices have taken some valuable pharmacists away from community’ ... and impetigo Scottish Community pharmacy funding stands at a total of £224.659 for 2019/20, although CPS said it was ‘not quite the deal it wanted’ Last year, independent pharmacy support group numark encouraged the rest of the UK to ‘aspire to the Scottish model’ Date: 12-07-2019 Categories: • Interviews • News • Views |
| Global sum upped by £2.6m in Scottish contract 2019/20 ... rvices for patients such as the extended minor ailment service, which should be ready to roll out in April 2020 Longer funding assurance would have been preferable numark’s head of professional and patient services Rajshri Owen commented: ‘Although this is a one-year commitment, numark recognises that although a year of stability and predictability is an advantage, a ... Date: 26-04-2019 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| Welsh Government to invest £3.6m in multi-sector pre-reg training ... hile more pharmacists are needed to meet increasing patient demand with a ‘multi-professional approach’ to healthcare. An ‘expanding role’ Independent pharmacy support group numark said the investment will ‘revolutionise’ pre-registration training. A numark spokesperson said: ‘The announcement is a clear move towards endorsing the future clinical and expanding role of pharma ... Date: 18-04-2019 Categories: • News |
| What do community pharmacists really think of unannounced inspections? ... be unannounced’, the GPhC has said, and will be conducted in response to specific information received from other regulators or health professionals, for example, or from the public and the media. numark’s head of patient services, Rajshri Owen, says the organisation is in favour of this type of inspection because it will enable the GPhC to respond more quickly where ‘concerns have been raised about ... Date: 11-03-2019 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| Funding overhaul needed to make Long Term Plan pharmacy ambitions a reality, say pharmacy bodies ... o being involved in the ongoing conversations about how community pharmacy can make its full contribution to meeting the challenges outlined in the plan.’ Funding must align numark managing director Jeremy Meader welcomed the document’s recognition of pharmacy’s skill base but called for more pharmacy funding to help the sector achieve the aims set out in the plan. ‘Now is t ... Date: 08-01-2019 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| How to set up a weight-management service in your pharmacy ... ourself to it, which a number of pharmacies have done very successfully.’ Focus on health, not weight Lucy Morris, the services facilitator at the community pharmacy network numark, agrees that an obsession with weight loss is not helpful. ‘Where an individual has recognised that they want to achieve a healthy BMI, that is not necessarily just about losing weight – that’s about ... Date: 21-11-2018 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| Should you set up a smoking cessation service in your pharmacy? ... ation and Training (NCSCT), and is focused on providing the core knowledge and skills to deliver effective behavioural support to patients who want to quit. Laura Reed, patient services manager at numark, says this training can largely be completed online now, but she recommends undertaking a face-to-face training where possible, because it gives an opportunity to put those skills into practice. T ... Date: 13-09-2018 Categories: • Clinical • Smoking cessation |
| Scottish contract protects against ‘fluctuating’ medicines pricing, says numark The new Scottish community pharmacy contract protects pharmacists against ‘continuously fluctuating’ medicines prices, an independent pharmacy support group has said. numark managing director Jeremy Meader said that an inbuilt 'clawback mechanism' that will be adjusted if the market sees further deterioration, Scottish contractors will be able to decrease their reliance ... Date: 18-06-2018 Categories: • Analysis • Latest News • News |
| GPhC proposes unannounced premises inspections to ensure pharmacies 'meet standards every day' ... hat pharmacies are meeting standards that ensure the provision of safe and effective services’, said GPhC chair Nigel Clarke. ‘More intuitive and robust process’ Independent support group numark said that the proposed introduction of intelligence led and themed inspections means there is likely to be a ‘more intuitive and robust process’. It added: ‘Indeed, their move to unannounced inspe ... Date: 17-05-2018 Categories: • Analysis • Latest News • News • Pharmacy Practice |
| Sector welcomes Hunt’s call to reduce medication error deaths ... ny treatment they provide. ‘Pharmacists can play a key role in supporting patients to reduce medicine errors, particularly working with GPs, to improve prescribing.’ ‘Highest levels of care’ numark managing director Jeremy Meader argued that despite increasing prescription volumes year on year paralleled with severe funding cuts, ‘pharmacists and their staff continue to provide the highest leve ... Date: 23-02-2018 Categories: • Latest News • News • Pharmacy Practice |
| Setting up a Meningitis B service The popularity of this vaccination service has rocketed in recent years. It’s time for community pharmacy to get in on the action, says Laura Reed, head of professional development at numark Key learning points Find out if a Meningitis B vaccination service will be viable in your area before planning to offer one Make sure that the whole team receives adequate and appropriate ... Date: 20-12-2017 Categories: • Clinical • News |
| How a shop refit could benefit your pharmacy business Revamping your premises often involves more than a lick of paint. But the advantages are numerous, says numark’s marketing co-ordinator – retail, Cathy Crossthwaite In recent years, community pharmacy has become much more hands-on by getting involved in clinical services and working more closely with GPs a ... Date: 14-12-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Yet more empty promises from the powers that be. Enough is enough. Community pharmacists are sick to the back teeth of being quietly sidelined by pharmacy bigwigs, argues Mandeep Mudhar, director of marketing and development at numark I’ve been reflecting following the All-Parliamentary Pharmacy Group (APPG) meeting last month where the heavyweights of the political world of pharmacy turned up. Pharmacy minister Steve Brine, ch ... Date: 04-12-2017 Categories: • Latest News • Views |
| Pharmacists welcome move towards decriminalisation ... y staff were not ‘acting professionally’. Long-awaited change Pharmacy representative bodies have argued for a long time to see changes in the law. John D’Arcy, outgoing managing director of numark, said: ‘This has been a long time coming but is much needed to remove a significant practice burden from pharmacists and their teams created by an anachronistic legal provision. ‘The change in the ... Date: 15-11-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| New numark managing director announced Pheonix sales director Jeremy Meader is to become the new managing director of independent support group numark. Mr Meader will succeed John D’Arcy in the post from 1 February, the company announced today (8 November). Mr D’Arcy announced his intention to step down as managing director in July after a de ... Date: 08-11-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Pharmacists take to Twitter after extra 15p advance payments promise ... n) October 24, 2017 ‘Simply not enough’ But many also agreed that the extra 15p wouldn’t be enough to solve the funding cuts set out by the Government for 2016/17 and 2017/18. John D’Arcy, numark’s managing director called the increase a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction. He said: ‘The reality is that pharmacists are struggling, in the main, as a result of the unilateral cut in funding imposed by Gover ... Date: 26-10-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| numark managing director to step down numark's managing director is to retire from his post early next year, after a decade with the company. John D'Arcy, who has 37 years' experience in pharmacy, will step down at the end of January 2018, N ... Date: 18-07-2017 Categories: • News |
| Sector reacts: Judicial review judgement ... ew legal principle has been established, which will help protect those vulnerable communities. This means that the legacy of this case will influence DH and other decision makers for years to come.' numark reaction: 'A devastating blow for community pharmacy' Commenting on the outcome, John D’Arcy, managing director of numark, said: 'The verdict is a devastating blow for community pharmacy. We were un ... Date: 18-05-2017 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| 'Sorely missed': Sector reacts after PSNC chief exec steps down ... yet also understands the pharmacy front line and cares deeply about what happens to contractors, pharmacy staff and patients. 'She is an exceptionally capable leader who will be sorely missed.' numark numark called for a 'high calibre' candidate to take over the 'instrumental' role in the current climate of cuts and uncertainty for the sector. Managing director, John D’Arcy (pictured ... Date: 10-05-2017 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| Pharmacy persuades Tory MP to take worries to parliament ... m the Minister with responsibility for pharmacy, Alastair Burt.” The meeting drew together patients, who detailed their own experiences of community pharmacy, and John D’Arcy, managing director of numark, the buying group to which Wessex Pharmacies belongs. Mitchell said: “I explained to Mr Chope that we have provided a highly professional, caring and life-saving service to our wonderful patients ... Date: 26-04-2016 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Dementia on the agenda for pharmacists Pharmacists are being encouraged to improve their understanding of Alzheimer’s ahead of Dementia Awareness Week in May. With 850,000 people in the UK currently diagnosed with the condition, numark has teamed up with Alzheimer’s Research UK to distribute resources to its members. The pack includes 20 copies of an eight-page patient leaflet, 10 ‘postcards’ advertising the leading dementia cha ... Date: 04-04-2016 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: numark HLP Resources; Closures; Leading Scientist Dies; Male Contraceptive Pill; Sexual Health Clinic; Menopause numark launches HLP resources for members numark has published a series of free online resources to support its members with gaining Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) Level 1 self-accreditation which is exp ... Date: 14-03-2016 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| The end of the retail era: Patient motivation ... ts gave up on retail and instead concentrated on the professional side of their businesses? Ross Ferguson investigates. Missed yesterday’s episode? Click here Patient motivation According to numark, patients’ motivation and decision making processes differ depending on the product type they are searching for. Some require more brand loyalty while others are price focussed, with some purchase ... Date: 09-03-2016 Categories: • News |
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