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WEB3 days ago — The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) will ballot its members for the very first time on work to rule action next week – and has warned it could result in ‘a lot’ of pharmacies shutting on Saturdays by the end of the year. Chemist+Druggist is a multimedia publisher that provides award-winning pharmacy news, views and CPD content to ...
UK’s first private pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine service launched …
WEBFeb 1, 2024 — Pharmacies can now sign up to offer the UK’s “first” private COVID-19 vaccination service as of today, Pharmadoctor revealed to C+D today (February 1). The pharmacy service provider said that COVID-19 vaccination stock will be available to its more than 8,000 partner pharmacies by April 1 “at the latest” and that it will “help ...
Private pharmacy RSV and dengue fever vaccine services launch in …
WEBOct 15, 2023 — Common but highly contagious respiratory virus RSV can be indistinguishable from a cold in healthy adults and older children but can lead to severe respiratory illness like bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants, young children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, it added.
‘Worse than ever’: Which medicines are pharmacists struggling
WEBAug 30, 2022 — JWW Allison in Cockermouth, Cumbria, is “at present” struggling to get hold of “quite a few” medicines, its director Nat Mitchell told C+D, including Buscopan, Asacol tablets, HRT gel Sandrena, Dioralyte, hydrocortisone ampoules and the rabies vaccine. Shortages for these products have been particularly pronounced in recent months, Mr ...
Shortage warnings: ADHD, opioid dependence and period delay …
WEBAug 23, 2024 — Shortage warnings: ADHD, opioid dependence and period delay drugs. The pharmacy negotiator has warned that one ADHD drug is in short supply, while some period delay and opioid dependency drugs will remain “out of stock” into the autumn. “Intermittent regional supply disruptions are expected". “Methylphenidate prolonged-release tablet ...
Asda pays pharmacists incentive to accept reduced hours - C+D
WEBJun 19, 2024 — Pharmacists that accept the new contract will receive a one-off “pharmacist payment”, a spokesperson for Asda confirmed. The spokesperson told C+D today (June 19) that the supermarket was “proposing some changes” to its pharmacy operations "following a recent change in pharmacy opening hours across [its] estate”.
Boots trainee pharmacist pay set to increase by up to a third
WEBFeb 16, 2024 — This April’s increase will see trainee pharmacists paid: £12.69 for trainees in Zone A in England/Northern Ireland. £13.79 for trainees in Zone B in England. £14.05 for trainees in Zone C in England. The joint statement said that the “increase will be applied centrally in the April pay run”. The new rate will “show in the benefits ...
Collapsed Medipharmacy chain sold to PI-Gen Pharma for £7.1m
WEBFeb 13, 2024 — Medipharmacy, a 25-pharmacy strong chain, has been sold to another pharmacy group after it entered into administration, according to its administrators’ report, published on Companies House on January 30. According to the report, PI-Gen Pharma Limited beat five other bidders to snap up the chain for a total of £7.1 million, with the transaction completing on January 18.
Pharmacists no longer required to take flu jab refresher every
WEBAug 17, 2022 — Pharmacists who administer flu vaccines will no longer need to undertake face-to-face refresher training on vaccine technique every three years, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has announced. Eliza Loukou @CandDEliza. Individual pharmacists can now make a decision on when it is best to attend refresher vaccination training.
Pharmacy2U and Royal Mail launch NHS prescription deliveries …
WEBJul 7, 2022 — Pharmacy2U has partnered with Royal Mail’s new division, Royal Mail Health, to offer free NHS prescription deliveries across the UK “reliably and safely”, the companies have announced, just days before planned strike action by Royal Mail managers.