Monthly Archives: May 2024

The Sunday Times According to reports in the national press, pharmacies and patients feeling the impact of the increasing number of medicines in short supply, including those for life-threatening conditions. Latest reports highlight the challenges that patients who rely on medication to treat and manage conditions such as cystic fibrosis are facing. The Sunday Times [...]

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A new collaborative approach has been launched to address challenges surrounding the recycling of medicine packaging. The Circularity in Primary Pharmaceutical Packaging Accelerator (CiPPPA) initiative has been launched to connect stakeholders across the pharmaceutical supply chain to work together to develop and implement strategies for recycling primary pharmaceutical packaging. Community Pharmacy England and, for example, [...]

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Since the launch of the service, Community Pharmacy England and NHS England have published a number of resources to support pharmacy owners and their teams to promote the Pharmacy First service. We have incorporated all of these into a Pharmacy First checklist so pharmacy owners can work through the checklist to see if there are [...]

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Community Pharmacy England will shortly be asking pharmacy owners and their teams to help us measure the increasing number of people relying on pharmacies. Years of financial and operational pressures are continuing to take their toll on the sector, with many community pharmacy businesses being pushed to the brink. Whilst the £645m recovery plan funding [...]

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In light of surveillance data indicating that circulation of influenza in the community has returned to baseline levels, the Department of Health and Social Care has published an alert to inform prescribers working in primary care and pharmacy teams that antiviral medicines should no longer be prescribed.  Community pharmacists should no longer supply antiviral medicines [...]

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