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The highest pharmacy rent charged by NHS landlord NHSPS rose by almost a quarter between 2020 and 2024, data obtained by C+D via a freedom of information (FOI) request has revealed. NHSPS provided the ...
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has issued a warning following the publication of a report revealing that cosmetic procedures – including filler and fat dissolving injections – are being ...
Pharmacies can now sign up to offer the UK’s “first” private COVID-19 vaccination service as of today, Pharmadoctor revealed to C+D today (February 1). The pharmacy service provider said that COVID-19 ...
The High Court has dismissed the Professional Standards Authority’s (PSA) second appeal against findings made by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) regarding “offensive” and “antisemitic” ...
The total number of bricks-and-mortar pharmacies in England has dropped below 10,000, new pharmacy data published today (April 4) has revealed. As of March 31, only 9,999 pharmacies excluding distance ...
At the time, it said that it was “not in a position to implement these proposals” by the beginning of 2025. Read more: Pharmacy ‘may not survive winter’ as pharmacist MP urges govt to avoid ‘past 14 ...
A “young girl” had to be treated in A&E after presenting with life threatening symptoms after taking weight loss drug Wegovy obtained through Boots Online Doctor, an A&E doctor told C+D this week ...
Drug linked to the most deaths? The MHRA told C+D that from the point of licensing until the end of May, the GLP-1 RA linked to most deaths through ADR reports was liraglutide with some 37 reports ...
James Stent joined C+D as a digital reporter in May 2023 from the South African human rights news agency GroundUp, where he was senior reporter and consultant editor.
A travel vaccine has been “temporarily restricted” for those aged 65 and over after two deaths were reported after receiving the jab, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) ...
Most UK pharmacy professionals support a greater role for community pharmacy in dispensing medicinal cannabis and advising patients on its use, but the latest results from a survey by C+D – in ...
A pharmacist has been issued with a warning by the General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) FtP committee for two remarks that he made at a rally in June 2017 that it found were "antisemitic" at a ...