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Community
Over 423,000 Pharmacy First consultations delivered in first three months
26th July 2024
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Community
Scottish Government 'monitoring' payment system issues
26th July 2024
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Community
Pharmacies must be given compensation over payment system ‘chaos’
25th July 2024
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Community
Pharmacy bodies join calls for improved contraception access
25th July 2024
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Cardiovascular
MHRA approves new use of semaglutide for cardiovascular prevention
24th July 2024
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Community
PDA calls for ‘broader debate’ on P med self-selection
24th July 2024
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News
Government committed to ‘expanding role’ of pharmacists
24th July 2024
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In Practice
Pharmacist practice partners asked for views on GP 'collective action'
23rd July 2024
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In Practice
ARRS hits a high of 37,000 staff, NHS confirms
23rd July 2024
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In Practice
Almost all general practice staff have been verbally abused, study finds
23rd July 2024
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In Practice
Pharmacists must be enabled to prioritise SMRs, urges RPS
23rd July 2024
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Community
Pharmacies ‘paying the price’ for IT outage
22nd July 2024
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Clinical
Smoking linked to cognitive decline in older adults
22nd July 2024
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Community
Pharmacy 'vital' to pandemic response planning
19th July 2024
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Community
IT issues: Urgent meds can be supplied under Pharmacy First
19th July 2024
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Community
Prescription chaos amid IT outages
19th July 2024
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Community
PDA accuses regulator of inaction and incompetence on training standards
18th July 2024
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Clinical
OTC nasal sprays reduce infection and cut antibiotic use, suggests study
18th July 2024
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Clinical
ADHD medicine prescribing on the rise, as new diagnosis test recommended
17th July 2024
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Community
King’s Speech confirms tobacco and vapes bill
17th July 2024
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In Practice
ARRS pharmacists dissatisfied with pay and progression
17th July 2024
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Clinical
South-east London pharmacies launch inhaler recycling pilot
16th July 2024
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Community
ARRS good for patients but not for community pharmacy, survey suggests
16th July 2024
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Clinical
Renewed call for whooping cough vaccine uptake as cases rise again
15th July 2024
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Cardiovascular
Number of NHS Health Checks increases but more people decline
15th July 2024
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Clinical
New process for contractors looking to provide off-site Covid vaccines
15th July 2024
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Community
Appoint independent ‘medicine supply Tsar’, NPA tells government
12th July 2024
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Community
New pharmacy and medicines ministers confirmed
12th July 2024
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