Scaling back: the pharmacies cutting opening hours to avoid closure More than a fifth of community pharmacies have scaled back their opening hours since 2022, worsening fears over patient access to pharmaceutical services.…
NPA chief executive calls for community pharmacy to receive 2.5% of NHS budget Speaking to The Pharmaceutical Journal, Paul Rees said the community pharmacy sector is “in the midst of the worst funding crisis in living memory”.…
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.…
LloydsPharmacy sells all of its community pharmacy branches Hallo Healthcare Group, the parent company of LloydsPharmacy, announced in a statement that 99% of its branches would remain open under different ownership.…
PCNs spend £387m on pharmacists through ‘Additional roles reimbursement scheme’ The spend represents more than 46% of the total money spent through the scheme between 2019/2020 and 2021/2022.…
RPS condemns ‘unjust’ exclusion of pharmacy students from government support fund Pharmacy students are not currently eligible for the NHS learning support fund, which offers help for healthcare students on practice placements.…
Projects awarded £5m funding for AI and drone technology to tackle UK drug deaths The funding will be used to develop prototype technologies to detect drug overdoses and deliver antidotes.…
Pharmacy workforce group aims to quadruple number of trainees in Somerset by 2026 Exclusive: According to NHS England data, Somerset has the highest vacancy rate for community pharmacist roles, with almost a third of vacancies unfilled.…
Pharmacists to benefit from annual £30m research funding package The funding is being made available to a range of healthcare professionals to increase access to research opportunities.…
Negotiators agree uplift in funding worth £12.3m for pharmacies in Scotland Community Pharmacy Scotland has accepted an offer from the government for 2023/2024 that also includes a guaranteed minimum of £100m and £80m in mapped money.…
