May 12th 2023
DDA highlights rural concerns DDA chairman Dr Richard West has written to The Times newspaper, criticising a failure by NHS England to rural proof primary care "recovery" plans. The NHS England Delivery plan for recovering access to primary care im
DDA news England Political News
May 11th 2023
Community pharmacy dispensing highlighted as a priority GP e-prescribing and dispensing is set to launch in Scotland during 2024-25, the Scottish Government has said in an update on the digital prescribing and dispensing pathways programme. Parliam
Political News Scotland
May 5th 2023
New scheme to start in 2024 Negotiations for the successor to the voluntary scheme for branded medicines, pricing and access (VPAS) have begun between the government, NHS England and the pharmaceutical industry. The current scheme – which cam
Political News
May 3rd 2023
Out of hours and Sunday opening unaffected Amended pharmacy regulations have come into effect, enabling 100-hour pharmacies to reduce their opening hours to a minimum of 72 hours per week. This amendment excludes reducing hours after 5pm and on Sun
England Pharmacy Owners' News
