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Steve Brine MP has been elected as Chair of the influential House of Commons Health & Social Care Committee. Mr Brine takes over from Jeremy Hunt MP who was recently appointed to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr Brine, Conservative MP for Winchester, was first elected in 2010 and was previously pharmacy minister under Theresa [...]

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PSNC Chief Executive Janet Morrison OBE this week took part a briefing session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy, in Westminster Hall. Alongside representatives from AIM, CCA, NPA and RPS, Janet briefed a group of 18 Parliamentarians on the support the sector needs to unlock the full potential of community pharmacy. She conveyed to [...]

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  Neil O’Brien OBE MP has been appointed as the new minister with responsibility for pharmacy in the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC). He takes over the position of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Patient Safety and Primary Care from Will Quince MP, who remains at the Department but takes on a [...]

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Yesterday, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee published its report on the recent inquiry: Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care. The report included the following recommendation regarding community pharmacy: There is an opportunity to better utilise the pharmacy workforce, and in doing so, to optimise workloads across [...]

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