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GPhC to review impact of fitness-to-practise process on pharmacists' mental health
The regulator is looking at how its fitness-to-practise procedure impacts the mental health of pharmacists who are under scrutiny.
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No-deal Brexit could see UK locked out of EU infectious disease surveillance data, chief medical officer warns
A no-deal Brexit could see the UK lose access to an EU-wide online tracker of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance, Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer for England, has told The Pharmaceutical Journal.
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GPhC expects more than 2,000 pharmacists to leave the register by end of 2018/2019
More than 2,000 pharmacists are expected to leave the pharmacy register in 2019, according to forecasts from the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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Pharmacy multiples to ensure FMD compliance 'as soon as practicably possible'
Pharmacy multiples in the UK have admitted they are unlikely to be ready for full implementation of the Falsified Medicines Directive before it comes into force across the EU on 9 February 2019.
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Community pharmacy will receive more NHS 111 referrals than general practice, says NHS England
NHS England expects NHS 111 to direct more patients to community pharmacists than to GPs as a result of schemes set out in the ‘NHS Long-Term Plan’ and the new GP contract.
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Less than half of UK pharmacies will be ready for FMD
Exclusive: More than 50% of pharmacies in the UK are not expected to meet the Falsified Medicines Directive deadline, the body running the system in the UK has said.
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Every primary care network to get £38,000 to fund new clinical pharmacist role in 2019
Every primary care network in England is to receive £38,000 in recurrent funding to hire a “clinical pharmacist” from July 2019.
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Boots to switch from monitored dosage systems to patient pack dispensing in care homes
Exclusive: Boots is changing the way it dispenses medication for care home residents from monitored dosage systems to patient pack dispensing from 1 March 2019.
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Lords committee demands details of government plans to maintain medicines supply after Brexit
The House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee has given the health secretary ten days to clarify whether access to medicines can be guaranteed after Brexit in the event of no deal.
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Millions of people with asthma still not receiving basic care, Asthma UK report reveals
As many as three-fifths of people with asthma in the UK are still not receiving critical elements of routine care, and those aged 18–29 years are faring the worst, according to the Annual Asthma Survey 2018 from charity Asthma UK.
