Rural pharmacies’ financial aid will continue until at least the end of 2023
Almost half of rural pharmacies quality for the support
Government ministers have pledged to maintain the financial aid…
Pharmacy owners’ news
Dispensing practices to miss out on concession price DND status
DDA estimates that losses per practice could run to £40,000
Dispensing practices are reminded that they cannot benefit from…
Amended pharmacy regs reduce 100 to 72 hour opening
Out of hours and Sunday opening unaffected
Amended pharmacy regulations have come into effect, enabling 100-hour…
Medicine supply issues highlighted in annual pharmacy pressures survey
Pharmacies report increased workload and patient aggression
Medicines supply issues are prevalent in 92 per cent…
Drug Tariff deduction scale updated for pharmacy
Generics deduction rate increases to 20% from April
The generic discount rate applied to pharmacy contractors for…
Community pharmacy margin information published
Dispensing GP dispensing volumes also included
DHSC has published information on community pharmacy margins, and…
Wholesalers warn of ongoing high prices for antibiotics
Large pharmacy chain blamed for hoarding
Wholesalers’ representative The Healthcare Distribution Association has warned of…
Electronic Prescription Service user survey underway
Dispensers and prescribers invited to give feedback
NHS Digital is planning to interview Electronic Prescription Service…
One successful controlled area pharmacy application during the past year
Pharmacy network falls to its lowest number since 2016
There was one successful application to open a pharmacy…
English community pharmacy network facing “existential threat”
Funding will fall by one third by 2024
Several thousand English community pharmacies are likely to close…