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World news wrapup: 23 March 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world London: The legal challenge to the more than £320m funding cut to the community pharmacy budget in England has …
Hub and spoke could close all but 1000 English pharmacies
England could find itself with only 1000 pharmacies left, according to leading UK pharmacist Mark Burdon, a Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee representative, told the UK’s All-Party Pharmacy Group that the …
World news wrapup: 9 March 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world UK: 78 pharmacies applied for financial protection from the UK’s funding cuts… and all 78 have been knocked back. …
UK ‘end of the sector’ possible
UK politicians don’t understand the value of community pharmacy, a senior executive believes – and so the pharmacy minister may oversee the sector’s end In an interview with C+D, Cormac …
World news wrapup: 16 February 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world Nottingham, UK: A nine-year-old girl was mistakenly given methadone at her local pharmacy after she was prescribed antibiotics. Mother …
World news wrapup: 2 February 2017
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world Indiana, US: Juveniles who face charges of robbing a pharmacy would be tried as adults under a new Bill …
World news wrapup: 1 December 2016
The latest pharmacy news from around the world Berkshire, UK: UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s local pharmacy is likely to lose up to £20,000 a year under the UK’s proposed …
World news wrapup: 17 November 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world South-east England: NHS funding to pharmacies is likely to influence greater consolidation in the sector, Chemist + Druggist reports. …
World News Wrapup: 27 October 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news around the world Ontario, Canada: A Canadian family has launched a petition to urge Ontario’s Health Minister to make medication error reporting mandatory, …
‘Save our pharmacies’ campaign launches in UK
The UK’s National Pharmacy Association has launched a new petition to save the country’s pharmacies, which may face closure as a result of funding cuts for the sector. The petition, …
UK media backs community pharmacy after ‘reckless’ cuts
UK newspapers are coming out in support of community pharmacy following PSNC’s rejection of the Department of Health’s funding package for 2016/7. And an unpublished report may show that the …
Cutting pharmacy funding could cost NHS billions
A new analysis shows up to £2billion is already spent on GP visits for issues that could be handled by pharmacists As many as 3,000 community pharmacies in the UK …