Pharmacy organisations in the UK: a complicated web Pharmacy is a diverse profession and this is reflected in the wide variety of organisations that can represent the interests of pharmacists, pharmacy owners, trainees and students.…
Pharmacy organisations in the UK: a complicated web Pharmacy is a diverse profession and this is reflected in the wide variety of organisations that can represent the interests of pharmacists, pharmacy owners, trainees and students.…
Government lawyers defend community pharmacy budget cuts in High Court Lawyers representing health secretary Jeremy Hunt have defended his decision to slice more than £320m off the community pharmacy budget in England.…
Pharmacy Voice to close in April 2017 The advocacy body will be disbanded after one of its founding member organisations announced in December 2016 that it was leaving the group at the end of 2017.…
High Court told community pharmacy cuts introduced without ‘basic fairness’ The impact of the government slashing more than £320m from the community pharmacy budget in England was spelt out to a High Court judge on 21 March 2017 as the legal challenge to the cuts began.…
PDA launches judicial review over GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has launched a judicial review against the General Pharmaceutical Council over its draft standards for pharmacy professionals, which the union has criticised in the past.…
Why legal action is not the best way to address the community pharmacy funding crisis in England As pharmacy contractors in England suffer budget cuts and their leaders instigate legal action, Northern Ireland pharmacy contractor Terry Maguire argues why this might not be a good idea and what English contractors might learn from their Celtic cousins.…
Pharmacy regulator appoints financial services expert as deputy chief executive The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has appointed Megan Forbes as its deputy chief executive and director of operations, effective from 5 June 2017.…
UK regulator clamps down on unsafe online medicines sites The Care Quality Commission is warning the public to be cautious when buying medicines online after inspections highlighted significant concerns about patient safety.…
Pharmacy Voice wants commissioners to see how community pharmacy tackles hypertension Community pharmacies in England can enhance the ‘huge volume of work’ they do in the management of hypertension, according to a report by the community pharmacy representative body Pharmacy Voice.…