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MPs write to Health Minister amid 1,400 pharmacy closures

Express Dame Priti Patel is among 20 MPs sounding the alarm over pharmacy closures amid “unprecedented pressures”. Around 1,400 pharmacies have closed their doors for good since October 2016, the group warned health minister Andrea Leadsom. The warning stems from a letter coordinated by Community Pharmacy England. Our Chief Executive Janet Morrison said: “Pharmacies are [...]

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By |January 4th, 2024|Lexpos News|Comments Off on MPs write to Health Minister amid 1,400 pharmacy closures

Watch our Pharmacy First: Getting to know the service webinar

Pharmacy owners and their teams can now watch an on-demand recording of Community Pharmacy England’s webinar giving an overview of the Pharmacy First service. Held earlier this week, over 500 people tuned in to watch our ‘Pharmacy First: Getting to know the service’ webinar. The first in our series of webinars* aimed at assisting the [...]

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By |December 18th, 2023|Lexpos News|Comments Off on Watch our Pharmacy First: Getting to know the service webinar

Chief Pharmaceutical Officer writes to sector about Pharmacy First

The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO) for England, David Webb, has written to the community pharmacy sector about the Pharmacy First service in an end of year letter. Whilst thanking pharmacy colleagues for making a “valuable contribution” to the NHS this year, the CPhO notes that the agreement of the national Pharmacy First service marks a [...]

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Nearly a third of pharmacies participating in COVID vaccination programme

Pharmacy press This  year, 3,511 community pharmacies are delivering COVID vaccines as part of the autumn booster programme. This is more than double the number that took part last year, despite the reduction in the fees paid. Our Director of NHS Services, Alastair Buxton, said: “The participation of nearly a third of community pharmacies in [...]

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By |December 11th, 2023|Lexpos News|Comments Off on Nearly a third of pharmacies participating in COVID vaccination programme

Consultation on pharmacy supervision opens 

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has opened a consultation on proposals to update legislation around the supervision of activities by a pharmacist in a pharmacy. The consultation sets out proposals to amend the Medicines Act 1968 and The Human Medicines Regulations 2012, which would allow: pharmacists to authorise (not directly supervise) pharmacy technicians to carry out, or supervise [...]

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By |December 7th, 2023|Lexpos News|Comments Off on Consultation on pharmacy supervision opens