Pharmacy negotiator warns chancellor of effect of National Living Wage on community pharmacies Jeremy Hunt announced in the autumn statement that the National Living Wage would increase from £10.42 to £11.44 per hour from April 2024.…
Competition regulator investigates Pharmacy2U purchase of LloydsDirect The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating the acquisition of LloydsDirect by Pharmacy2U while it considers whether the merger could lead to "a substantial lessening of competition" in markets in the UK.…
PrEP highly effective in cutting HIV transmission but better access needed, study finds Results of the 'PrEP Impact' trial show that PrEP reduced the chances of someone getting HIV by around 87%.…
NHS England publishes guidance on how pharmacists could work across sectors Optional guidance from NHS England sets out workforce models in which pharmacists could work for multiple organisations across community pharmacy, primary care networks and hospital trusts.…
MHRA warns of dangers of fake weight loss pens after Yellow Card reports The medicines regulator said Ozempic and Saxenda pens have been confirmed as being falsified with insulin in five of the reports.…
Community pharmacy network could cease to exist without funding overhaul, MPs warned Pharmacy representatives have warned a government inquiry into pharmacy that a lack of core funding will slowly erode community pharmacy businesses.…
Electronic patient records being used in 90% of hospital trusts, says NHS England In England, 189 hospital trusts are using electronic patient records, meeting the government's target for 90% of trusts to be using electronic health records by December 2023.…
Pharmacies to be paid £1,000 a month to provide Pharmacy First from January 2024 By 31 March 2025, contractors will also have to deliver the ‘Community pharmacy contraception service’ and ‘Community pharmacy blood pressure check service’ to qualify for the monthly payment.…
Can drug consumption rooms reduce drug-related harm? Even after the approval of a long-awaited pilot service allowing people to inject drugs under medical supervision, experts are still divided over the impact it will have on both drug users and communities.…
NHS drug costs in England rose to more than £19bn in 2022/2023 The total cost to NHS commissioners for medicines, appliances and medicines devices in 2022/2023 was £19.2bn, an increase of 8% on the £17.8bn spent in 2021/2022.…