A massive petition against the government’s plans to cut pharmacy services was presented to the Prime Minister, as MPs debated the matter in parliament. Yesterday marked the end of a Department of Health consultation on community pharmacy in 2016/17 and beyond. The government proposes cuts to the pharmacy budget of £170 million in 2016/17 and a [...]
The Guardian has reported how a petition against local pharmacy cuts services has secured its millionth signature. Each day, 30,000 people or so are taking action to showcase their disproval of the Department of Health’s movements on the Support Your Local Pharmacy initiative. Just some of the purposes behind the petition is the worrying reality that [...]
Members of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia recently showed their solidarity with the campaign in England against government plans to cut pharmacy services. ‘Lending you our support for the fight ahead,’ said guild Chairman Kos Sclavos, as he lined up with colleagues in Support Your Local Pharmacy t-shirts during a conference in Manchester. National Pharmacy [...]
Pharmaceutical wholesaler Mawdsleys is launching a Cuts Survival Pack’ campaign aimed at helping community pharmacies deal with the impact of government funding reductions. The survival pack, which will be distributed to thousands of local pharmacists in England, highlights how the use of technology, including PMR systems and order management software, in addition to more efficient [...]
Nearly half of Brits are concerned the funding gap for UK care homes will result in a poorer quality of medicine management (46 per cent), according to a recent report. A quarter of the respondents, who have an elderly relative in a care home, also worry about them being given the wrong medicine (26 per [...]
Pharmacy Voice has published a summary of its response to the government proposals for community pharmacy in England. Pharmacy Voice (PV), of which the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) is a founding member, responded to the government’s proposals set out in the Department of Health’s (DH) letter of 17th December, Community Pharmacy 2016/17 and beyond’. Reflecting [...]
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced £1.5 million funding for pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) towards the extension of their plant in Irvine, creating 55 new jobs. The company will receive a Scottish Enterprise Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant to extend their Potassium Clavulanate (Clav) Plant, which produces penicillin. The Irvine facility has been expanded to [...]
In the wake of news of proposed funding cuts, a survey of Numark members has found that 62 per cent of respondent pharmacies are ‘Likely’ or ‘Highly Likely’ to stop prescription collection, delivery, MDS and other ‘free’ services they provide, with an inevitable impact on patients. A Numark member said, ‘We will become busy fools [...]
Health Minister Alistair Burt has suggested that thousands of high street pharmacies across England are at risk of closure as a result of funding cuts. High street pharmacies face a £170 million decrease in October as a result of Ministers claiming that they aren’t doing enough to deliver NHS efficiencies. On a whole, local pharmacies [...]
