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July 29, 2015
Takeover of Sainsbury’s pharmacy business announced
Celesio, the German drugs distributor that owns the LloydsPharmacy chain, has bought Sainsbury’s pharmacy division for £125 million. The deal will see the supermarket chain’s 281 pharmacies… More
July 23, 2015
A new vision of the health workforce
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has issued a report calling on a wide range of occupations to get involved in helping the public talk about health concerns, claiming that this could make it… More
July 9, 2015
£15m NHS scheme set to place pharmacists in GP surgeries
A new scheme announced by NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens indicates that calls for health services to make greater use of community pharmacy expertise are being heeded. The trial scheme, which… More
July 1, 2015
New regulations around online sale of medicines
The government has introduced new rules around selling medicines online. As of 1 July, anyone in the UK who sells medicines via the internet to the public must be registered with the Medicines and… More
June 24, 2015
Pharmacists to have access to NHS Summary Care Record
Access to the NHS Summary Care Record (SCR) is to be rolled out to all community pharmacists in England to help them play a greater role in patient care, it has been announced. Implementation will begin… More
June 16, 2015
CIG Healthcare Partnership Research Division
CIG Research has been launched to cater for clients’ increasing need to analyse the opinions, thoughts and habits of pharmacists and their teams. This encompasses everything from the way daily tasks… More