Costanza Potter

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HomeChancellor announces extra £29bn per year for NHS The government has announced an annual funding uplift of £29 billion for the NHS as part of its new spending review. breaking newsThere was no mention of pharmacists or pharmacy in today’s announcement

1 month ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Costanza Potter

HomeAvicenna co-founder and ex-CEO joins veterinary practice group Avicenna’s co-founder and former chief executive has been appointed as the new managing director of a veterinary practice group, the company has announced. VetPartners employs more than 12,000 people across 850 sites

1 month ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Costanza Potter

HomeBoots rolls out staff dermatology training and AI skin tool Boots has announced the launch of new training covering “common skin conditions” for its pharmacy teams alongside a new AI tool for customers with skin complaints. Boots stressed that the results of its AI skin checker are “not a diagnosis"

1 month ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Costanza Potter

Home‘Amazon-style’ script tracker to expand to 60% of pharmacies The NHS App’s “Amazon-style” prescription tracking feature is set to be rolled out to “nearly 5,000 more pharmacies” over the next year, NHS England has announced. breaking news"Patients can track their food shop, they should be able to do the same with scripts”

1 month ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Costanza Potter

HomeBMA ‘in further discussions’ over GP Connect switch onThe BMA has revealed it is having “further discussions” with NHS England (NHSE) about the requirement for GPs to switch on technology allowing pharmacies to send them consultation data. GPs will be “responsible for abnormal or erroneous results entered by a pharmacy”