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The stop-gap funding solution provided by NHS England for small pharmacies deemed “essential” does not guarantee their long-term survival and is inadequate, according to the National Pharmacy Association, a body representing many community pharmacies in the country. Most of the 102 pharmacies affected have only received funding for one or two years after the […]
Pharmacy Voice – the body representing UK community pharmacies and whose members are the Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies (AIMp), the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) and the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) – has called for strong action to stop “prescription direction”. This is where patients are directed by some GPs or other healthcare professionals […]
Shortages in generic medicines are not as bad as last year, according to Martin Sawer, the Executive Director of the British Association for Pharmaceutical Wholesalers. He has identified a stronger pound as having led to more parallel imports. Despite the improvement in the position, the reasons for them have become more complex, as they differ […]
Rob Darracott, the Chief Executive of Pharmacy Voice, has unconditionally condemned the isolated incidents where a community pharmacist has committed fraud. Meanwhile, Howard Duff, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Director for England said he believed the vast majority of pharmacists would be “shocked and appalled” by allegations in a report recently revealed by PKF Littlejohn, the […]
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