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EDX/20/1154
Date of prep: December 2020

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pharmacy

Why is pharmacy not integral to government mass vaccination plans?

7th January 2021 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Community Pharmacy should be an integral part of the Government’s plan for a mass vaccination programme.

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Filed Under: Featured, Opinion Tagged With: Covid 19, pharmacy, vaccination

Pharmacy Covid-19 vaccination involvement is a ‘no-brainer’

7th January 2021 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the greatest challenge this country has faced for many decades, certainly this century.

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Filed Under: Featured, Opinion Tagged With: Covid 19, pharmacy, vaccination

The great patient medication returns debacle

16th December 2020 by PIP editor 3 Comments

There’s so much outrage on the go at the moment but I have to say the amount money drained from the NHS via the oversupply of medication must be staggering and largely unmeasured.

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Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: community pharmacy, community pharmacy Scotland, opinion, pharmacy, pharmacy in practice, PIP, Prescription charges

What is it like to depend on medicine to treat endometriosis?

22nd October 2020 by PIP editor

I found out today after attempting to collect my prescription from my local pharmacy that I can no longer receive my treatment for endometriosis.

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Filed Under: Blogs, Patient perspective Tagged With: brexit, community pharmacist, community pharmacy, Medication shortages, Medicine shortages, pharmacy

Vision, politics, pharmacy clubs, elitism, free services and where community pharmacy goes next

7th October 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Ian Strachan is a community pharmacy owner contractor. He owns a number of pharmacies in England. He was Chair of the NPA between 2014 to 2018.

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Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: community pharmacy, Ian Strachan, Interview, National Pharmacy Association, NPA, pharmacy

Community pharmacy palliative care network for children launched

24th January 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS) and NHS Forth Valley have launched the ‘CHAS Community Pharmacy Network’, the first of its kind for children in the UK.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: CHAS, NHS Scotland, Palliative Care, pharmacy, pharmacy in practice, Scotland

Why is it still a criminal offence if you make an inadvertent dispensing error?

23rd January 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

We were lucky to catch up with Greg to have an in-depth conversation about dispensing errors in pharmacy.

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Filed Under: Interviews, Podcasts Tagged With: Decriminalisation, dispensing error, Error, Greg Lawton, Law, pharmacy, pharmacy in practice, Pharmacy law, PIP

The great pharmacy identity crisis

20th January 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

If we, as pharmacists, don’t fully understand our identity – which I think we don’t – then we should not be surprised when the general public doesn’t either.

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Filed Under: News, Opinion Tagged With: Identity crisis, pharmacist, Pharmacist identity, pharmacy, pharmacy in practice, PIP

GPhC propose significant increase in premises registration fees

7th January 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) is consulting on proposals to increase registration fees for pharmacy premises from £262 to £365. This represents a 39% increase.

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: community pharmacy, Consultation, GPhC, pharmacy, regulation

Pharmacy given £275,000 GDPR fine

21st December 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

A pharmacy has been fined £275,000 in the first use of fining powers under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: GDPR, GDPR fine, pharmacy, regulation, Regulator

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