UK news
World news wrapup: 26 May 2016
A look at this week’s pharmacy news from around the world UK: A British pharmacist has been struck off for falsifying 19 medicines use reviews (MURs) during two months, Chemist …
World news wrapup: 19 May 2016
Our weekly wrapup of pharmacy news from around the world New York, New York: The customer experience in pharmacy is “broken,” the co-creator of a new, digital only pharmacy has …
UK pharmacy chief backs down on automation claims
England’s chief pharmaceutical officer has backed down on his claims about automation reducing error rates, Chemist + Druggist reports. Keith Ridge is on record as saying that error rates are …
GP blog: ‘It isn’t about them and us anymore.’
An editorial in a GP magazine which queried the existence of community pharmacies has been criticised by editor of Scotland’s Pharmacy in Practice Ross Ferguson, who says the original article …
World news wrapup: 12 May 2016
Our weekly wrapup of pharmacy news from around the world Nottingham, UK: A pharmacist has been criticised in UK media for allegedly putting a towel over the head of a …
Do we really need pharmacies? UK GP mag asks
The editor of a UK GP publication has posed the provocative question, “Do we really need pharmacies?” on his blog. Nigel Praities, editor of Pulse, admits that he is “deliberately …
NHS England recommissions pharmacy flu jabs, GPs unhappy
NHS England has announced that it will recommission flu vaccinations in community pharmacies for 2016/17. Nearly a quarter of a million more people benefited from vaccinations in a community pharmacy …
World news wrapup: 5 May 2016
This week’s pharmacy news from around the world UK: The Guardian reports that a letter from an “independent pharmacist,” taking issue with its recent investigations into Boots pressuring pharmacists into …
UK campaign hits a million as Guild lends support
The UK’s Support Your Local Pharmacy campaign, lobbying against cuts to pharmacy services, may become the biggest petition circulating in the UK, reports the Guardian. The campaign has just notched …
Nearly half of UK pharmacists want MURs scrapped
UK pharmacists are demanding a change in the culture around provision of Medicines Use Reviews, Chemist + Druggist reports. C+D polled its readers about MURs following controversy over allegations Boots …
Follow UK with general practice pharmacists: PSA
The Australian Government should follow the UK and provide funding support for integrating pharmacists into general practice clinics, according to the PSA. The British Department of Health – through NHS …
World news wrapup: 21 April 2016
This week’s pharmacy news from around the world UK: Chemist + Druggist reports that the UK’s General Pharmaceutical Council is liaising with the Pharmacists’ Defence Association in regard to information …