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Pharmacy owners are reminded of the requirement to complete the 2025 workforce survey, which is a mandatory requirement for all pharmacy owners. The NHS Business Services Authority sent an email to pharmacy owners containing a link to the survey in September. In some cases, for example, if you work for a multiple pharmacy group, the survey [...]

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As winter approaches and cases of COVID-19 increase, pharmacy owners may want to consider provision and promotion of the COVID-19 Lateral Flow Device (LFD) service. While this service is available throughout the year, pharmacy teams may start to see more patients asking about the availability of the service and consideration could be given to highlighting [...]

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Several years ago, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), in partnership with the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), charities and organisations from across health and social care, launched a campaign to raise awareness of the risk of severe and fatal burns with paraffin-containing and paraffin-free emollients. This news story is to remind pharmacy [...]

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NHS England and the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) have announced the launch of the Pharmacy technician development programme: Preparing for the future. The programme is designed to build confidence and support pharmacy technicians to develop their skills to deliver a wider range of services, now and into the future. Participants will be supported [...]

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Today (Wednesday 1st October 2025), several service and regulatory changes have come into effect, as well as today being the start date for several national services. Below is a summary of all these service developments and regulatory changes. Commencement of services From today, pharmacies registered to provide the services, can start to provide the Childhood [...]

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