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Business environment

Numark: Where’s Labour’s economic model for hub and spoke law change?

Numark chairman Harry McQuillan welcomed the law change but questioned the lack of an economic blueprint.

02 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy support staff at Lincolnshire Co-op awarded 6% pay uplift

Usdaw-represented staff at cooperative to get at least 77p extra per hour

01 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Boots launches 'menopause zones' in 150 stores

Chain announces roll-out of dedicated menopause shopping zones

01 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Financial Management & Funding

April wage bills 'cripple' pharmacies as tax hike takes effect

NI pharmacies cough up an extra £1m in employment costs for April

30 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Digital & technology

Hub and spoke law change to take effect from October 1st

Expect to be able to send scripts to assembly hubs by October 29th, CPE tells pharmacies

30 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Medicines

12 arrested in MHRA crackdown on medicines trafficking

Twelve suspects arrested after dawn raids across the West Midlands and the Northwest of England in MHRA's largest investigation into organised medicines trafficking to date.

29 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Screening & diagnostics

PocDoc healthy heart test rolled out by Superdrug

The listing with the high street chain follows similar collaborations with Well Pharmacy, Dears Pharmacy and Pharmacy2U.

24 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Sustainability

GLP-1 pens a waste hazard as users ignorant over safe disposal

Up to 6 million needle pens from GLP-1 weight loss drugs could be going to landfill every year due to a lack of awareness about correct disposal methods.

22 Apr 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Leadership

‘Lamentable progress’: Frustrated contractors push for merger of five LPCs

'Fractured' LPC network failing to engage with the ICB landscape, say pharmacy owners.

15 Apr 2025 , 3 Min Article

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Regulations

MHRA publishes opinion on regulatory status of CBD products

Following a review the MHRA has published an opinion on the regulatory status of products containing cannabidiol (CBD).

15 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Financial Management & Funding

The long hand of NHS clawbacks: £36k in historic expense claims recovered

NHS dismisses appeals from six pharmacies over 'out of pocket' expense claims

11 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Business environment

Boots sales up 5% in first results since WBA takeover news

First quarterly results since news of acquisition show Boots online sales still growing.

09 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Property

High street pharmacies ‘closing valuation gap’ with GP-based rivals

Higher market share from electronic prescribing helping to close the gap, says surveyor

09 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Business

New Health Data Research Service will 'transform access to NHS data' for clinical research

Government and the Wellcome Trust to invest £600 million in new Health Data Research Service to cut red tape for clinical researchers.

08 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Financial Management & Funding

CPE: Pharmacies now £65k better off – before staff bills accounted for

CPE says an 'average pharmacy' will earn over £5k more per month

08 Apr 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Contract

Clinical services to be included in advance payments from April

DHSC has agreed to make advance payments for clinical services. Payments for HCFS and PCS to start in April.

08 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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