National Pharmacy Association

Pharmacy bodies publish joint general election manifesto

A national minor ailments service should be commissioned across England, according to a community pharmacy election manifesto published jointly by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the National Pharmacy Association and the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…

DOACs account for ‘notable number’ of medication errors

A “notable number” of medication errors involving direct oral anticoagulants occurred in the first quarter of 2019, according to the National Pharmacy Association’s Medication Safety Officer update for April–June 2019.…

Pharmacists advised to check legal status of CBD products before supply or risk indemnity breach

Pharmacists selling or supplying cannabis-based products for medicinal use or cannabidiol-containing products must check the status of the product or risk not being protected by indemnity insurance, the National Pharmacy Association has warned.…

NPA chair who stepped aside during CMA investigation leaves association’s board

The former chair of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), who stepped aside during a competition law investigation into a company that lists him as a director, is to leave the NPA board.…

Better price concession system among NPA demands for community pharmacy contract negotiations

The National Pharmacy Association has outlined a list of eight demands for the next community pharmacy contract in a letter sent to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…

NPA chair steps aside during competition law investigation

Nitin Sodha has stepped aside as chair of the National Pharmacy Association amid investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority relating to allegations of “illegal market sharing” against a drug company that lists Sodha as a director.…

Financial pressures make it ‘difficult’ to maintain a safe service, NPA survey says

The vast majority of respondents to a National Pharmacy Association member survey said that current financial pressures were making it “more difficult for pharmacies to maintain a safe service to patients”.…

Patient safety incidents reported to NPA rise by 29% in first quarter of the year

Reporting of patient safety incidents increased by almost a third in the most recent quarterly National Pharmacy Association Medication Safety Officer report.…

Training places in community pharmacy under threat following GPhC proposals, warn pharmacy bodies

Training placements in community pharmacy are under threat unless the sector is fully involved in implementing plans to introduce a five-year integrated pharmacy degree and the reforms are fully funded, it has emerged.…

Many pharmacists fear for their businesses’ future, NPA survey finds

More than half of National Pharmacy Association members surveyed are worried about their businesses’ survival. …