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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 And an unpublished report may show that the …
‘All general practices would benefit from a pharmacist’s expertise.’
All general practices would benefit from a pharmacist’s expertise, according to the Royal College of GPs Scotland and Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland. The two groups have issued a joint statement …
World news wrapup: 29 September 2016
We take a look at the week in pharmacy around the world New Zealand: Two pharmacists who unintentionally dispensed 10 times the correct dose of medicine to a young child …
World news wrapup: 22 September 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news around the world Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Specially trained pharmacists will now be able to prescribe an antibiotic to women aged 16 to 65 with …
Tesco feeling the heat of locum boycott, says One Voice
The locum boycott of UK supermarket pharmacy Tesco is getting a lot of support – to the point where there may be an unofficial raising of pay The boycott was …
World news wrapup: 15 September 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news around the world Dunedin, NZ: A pharmacy student from the University of Otago has appeared in court facing 10 drugs-related charges, including possessing …
UK cuts likely delayed, not cancelled
UK funding reprieve is probably only a delay, says Minister Only days after telling the Royal Pharmaceutical Society conference that planned £170 million cuts to the UK’s pharmacy sector would …
World news wrapup: 8 September 2016
We take a look at pharmacy news from around the world San Francisco, California: An innovative project created by a pharmacist is set to see San Francisco city libraries become …
UK pharmacy gets reprieve from £170 million cut
The UK’s pharmacy sector has earned a reprieve from a planned cut to the sector which were to have seen its funding slashed by 6% next month. Pharmacy Minister David …
‘A pharmacy without a pharmacist is a shop.’
A pharmacy without a pharmacist is just a shop, the president of the UK’s Royal Pharmaceutical Society has told a conference Any Amazon-isation of pharmacy would be to the detriment …
World news wrapup: 1 September 2016
We take a look at the week in pharmacy news around the world US: Following controversy over the skyrocketing price in the US of Mylan’s EpiPen, the company has stated …
World news wrapup: 25 August 2016
We wrap up the week in pharmacy news Ohio, US: Police in Hamilton have shot and killed a suspect who was holding a knife to a Walgreens pharmacist’s throat, WLWT5 …