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The British Generic Manufacturers Association is “slightly uncomfortable” with powers to allow pharmacists to dispense alternatives in times of shortages.

Staff at a Wigan pharmacy have told C+D it is “business as usual” for the team and patients, after a car crashed into the front window on Saturday.

The RPS has used C+D’s Salary Survey data as evidence that NHS England should fund a community pharmacy stress service.
So what difference could this make to the sector?

The latest concessionary prices for February brings the total number of prices for the month up to 90 – one less than November 2017's record of 91.
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ another-29-concessio…

In the wake of the #CDSalarySurvey finding stress among pharmacists rose six percentage points from 2016-18, Boots UK has said it's planning to expand its stress coaching service to all pharmacists.
Is workplace stress affecting you and your patients?
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ boots-make-stress-co…

Well Pharmacy has reduced workload in its branches by 36% over the past three years, as part of its latest strategy to combat pharmacist #stress.
The multiple also has a wellbeing programme that it's looking to expand.

The Midcounties Co-operative group has listed 22 of its 30 pharmacies on a broker website to assess their value, C+D can exclusively reveal.
The chain has placed the standard-hour pharmacies – located across the Midlands and the surrounding areas – through Hutchings Consultants Ltd under the title “Project Nuno”, it confirmed yesterday
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ midcounties-co-opera…

BREAKING: 350 jobs at Boots' Nottingham headquarters at risk as part of restructure.
Is your role affected?

The government will prioritise OTC medicines that are “important” for managing specific health conditions in its #nodeal #Brexit contingency plans.
https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ dh-identifying-impor…

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has used #CDSalarySurvey data as evidence that NHS England should fund a community pharmacy stress service. So what difference could this make to the sector?
What is the GP heath service and how did it get commissioned?
#workplacestress #mentalhealth #NHS
... https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ could-mental-health-…
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C+D can reveal that the 70 pharmacies Rowlands is selling span from Bournemouth to Stockton-on-Tees, with only one Welsh branch for sale.
Find out if there are any near you on the interactive map:

Should you delete your email inbox?
Well Pharmacy's head of digital says it occasionally works for him. Dan Sheldon discusses the increasing focus on technology in pharmacy

There is an increased risk of congenital malformations for women taking the anti-thyroid agent, “especially when administered in the first trimester and at high doses”, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has warned in new guidance published on Monday (February 18).
There is also a risk of acute pancreatitis “following treatment with carbimazole/thiamazole”, the MHRA added in its drug safety alert.
Find out more here: https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ carbimazole-congenit…

The prescription charge in England will increase from £8.80 to £9 on April 1, the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) has confirmed.
There will be no change to the cost of pre-paid prescription certificates (PPC), health minister Baroness Blackwood said in a statement today (February 21).
Find out more here: https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ prescription-charge-…

All major wholesalers are already compliant with the Falsified Medicines Directive, and around 10,000 pharmacies will be by the end of February, according to the wholesaler body.
Find out more here: https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ hda-10000-pharmacies…

There is “no question” of redundancies for the 522 staff at the 70 Rowlands pharmacies up for sale, its managing director has told C+D

Following NHS England's publication of a funding deal dubbed the "biggest boost to primary care in 15 years", C+D sets out what it means for community pharmacists
Why has funding increased for GPs? What is in the GP contract? How will funding work? Where do "clinical" pharmacists fit in? What will "clinical" pharmacists do in a primary care network? Is there any money for other pharmacy staff? When will recruitment start? What does the contract say about community pharmacy?
W...hat happens next? Find out more here: https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ everything-pharmacis…
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New evidence of congenital malformations with carbimazole, MHRA warns.
Do you know what advice the pharmacy team can provide to patients taking this anti-thyroid agent?
Find out more here: https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ carbimazole-congenit…

BREAKING: Rowlands attempts to sell more than 70 pharmacies across England “following a review of its pharmacy portfolio”.
Find out more here: https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/…/ rowlands-tries-sell-…