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Financial Management & Funding

Spending review: Labour urged to give pharmacy a share of £29bn uplift

Pharmacy bodies issue rapid responses to Reeves spending review announcement

11 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Financial Management & Funding

Labour ‘expects’ £215m Pharmacy First budget to be spent – but makes no guarantees

Boosting public awareness should help ensure budget is spent, minister claims

10 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Business environment

Group claiming to represent independents launches professional liability insurance

The Independent Pharmacy Contractors Network has launched indemnity insurance for its members days after the Royal Pharmaceutical Society launched its own insurance.

06 Jun 2025 , 2 Min Article

Boots dominates online searches for UK pharmacy sector

Boots gets 10 times more online searches each month than its nearest competitor

06 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

Business environment

Offloading pension scheme boosts Boots profits to £211m as it axes 334 stores

Sale of pension scheme helps Boots swerve a loss in 2023-24 accounts

05 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Digital & technology

‘Game-changing’ EPS now live in half of Welsh pharmacies

The Electronic Prescription Service is now live in over 50 per cent of community pharmacies in Wales, but only 15 per cent of GP practices.

03 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Regulations

No new distance pharmacies allowed after June 23 as regulations laid in parliament

Speculation the next three weeks could see a rush of last-minute applications

03 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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PDA helping locums secure over £200k from a single ‘rogue’ employer

PDA expects another 'record-breaking' year for recovery of unpaid locum fees

02 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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People

‘Incredible milestone’: Day Lewis celebrates 50 years in business

Day Lewis marks 50 years since its first pharmacy opened its doors.

28 May 2025 , 2 Min Article

Pharmacist entrepreneurs claim consultation app can generate £30k a year

Pharmacist pair have secured six-figure backing for consultation platform

27 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Practice

Valla: ‘Step up, speak up and start shaping the future’

... but a sustainable future for community pharmacy can’t be built from thin air, warns Avicenna boss.

15 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Northern Ireland pharmacies get £4m national insurance support from Government

DH announces dedicated national insurance support for non-state healthcare providers

15 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Fund an extra staff member with just 18 NHS consultations a week, advises LPC chief

LPC chief Shilpa Shah presents a breakdown of how services can aid recruitment efforts

14 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Business

Independents dispense 70 per cent more items as shrinking multiples 'diversify'

Data points to a vast gap in prescription items between independents and multiples

13 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Business

Avicenna Membership Services acquired by Dutch group Nafinco

Avicenna Membership Services splits from the retail pharmacy operation following its acquisition by Dutch buying group Nafinco.

13 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Court reinstates full £50m fine after failed thyroid drug appeal

Advanz and Cinven have no grounds to appeal multi-million fine, court rules

09 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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