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WEB3 days ago — C+D Snap Poll: 85% in favour of community pharmacy collective action. A C+D snapshot poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of "small" community pharmacy contractors and workers support work to rule protest action just days after Wes Streeting slammed the NPA for "sabre-rattling" over collective action.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
UPDATED: Pharmacy services disrupted by 'global IT outages
WEBJul 19, 2024 — EPS affected. Community Pharmacy England (CPE) said that “some users of the community pharmacy EMIS ProScript electronic prescription service (EPS) system are also being affected”. “EMIS ProScript has advised its pharmacy users that it will issue further updates as it works to fix these issues,” it added. The negotiator said that ...
Pharmacy technician suspended for smuggling cannabis into …
WEBSep 3, 2024 — A pharmacy technician who attempted to smuggle cannabis and other items into a prison has been suspended for 10 months with a review at a General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) fitness-to-practise (FtP) committee hearing last month (August 20).
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”.
Why the case of Martin White is a stark reminder for us all
WEBDec 12, 2016 — I don’t know the details of Mr White’s ongoing case, but it is a timely reminder that the looming fear of criminal sanctions for an inadvertent mistake hangs over us all. Kristoffer Stewart is CPD and clinical editor of C+D, and a locum community pharmacist. Email him at [email protected] or contact him on Twitter at @CandDKristoffer.
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.
Fifth of pharmacies warn May Pharmacy First threshold increase
WEBApr 24, 2024 — New data has revealed that 20% of pharmacies believe next month’s increase in Pharmacy First minimum thresholds will be “unachievable”, with 13% already unable to deliver enough consultations to meet current targets.