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Standing up for independent pharmacists across the UK. We report on their successes and struggles and hold people in power to account on their behalf.
London, England
Joined April 2013
Calling all pharmacists. Share your local stories with us. Are you struggling with uncooperative GPs or an unreasonable local authority? Have you been a victim of crime? How are cost pressures impacting you? Or do you have an inspiring story? Get in touch.
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Legal view: Richard Hough and @pharmthorrun @BrabnersLLP provide an update on recent Prevention of Future Deaths reports which have been linked to medicines shortages - which have been the cause of tragic deaths.
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The pharmacist's view: You should never have a health system where accountants decide which treatments are essential, leaving doctors to second guess the accountants, says Peter Kelly.
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BREAKING: @NPA1921 accuses @GOVUK of suppressing report of economic crisis engulfing pharmacy. @ComPharmEngland @DHSCgovuk
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News: @LabourParty's £200m public #health boost should fund commissioning of local #pharmacy services, says Alastair Buxton @ComPharmEngland.
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Commission #pharmacies to provide #vaccines through integrated care boards and 'nationally defined programmes', says @CCApharmacy.
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News: #GPs failing to gather information before #weightloss prescriptions issued could face legal action, says medical defence union.
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The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland has opened a consultation on proposals to reform pharmacy #education and #training.
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Baroness Merron has tried to alleviate concerns that some GPs in #England are unwilling to refer patients to #pharmacyfirst by insisting the @GOVUK is aware of the issue and is “acting on it.”
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RT @NeilTrainis: Interesting hearing Baroness Merron tell the @UKHouseofLords last week that the government is ‘acting on it’ when quizzed…
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Employing #pharmacists in #GP practices improves quality of prescribing, according to researchers from @OfficialUoM.
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#Pharmacists express their anger at @TheGPhC over proposals to increase fees, telling the regulator to cut its costs instead.
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For the second successive year, @ICPmagazine won Best Support for Independent Pharmacists at the @Avicennaplc Media Awards. Thanks to Avicenna and the judges.
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New @CCApharmacy member Lincolnshire Co-op says the majority of patients who have visited one of its pharmacies for #pharmacyfirst consultations in the year since its launch used the service for urinary tract infections followed by sore throats.
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Community #pharmacists in #NorthernIreland have taken their concerns about the impact national insurance contribution rises will have on their #pharmacies to politicians at #Stormont.
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Viewpoint: @TheGPhC has a duty to give the public answers over trainee pharmacist's #Antisemitism, says @ICPmagazine editor Neil Trainis.
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