Kate Bowie

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Senior Reporter at C+D (Chemist+Druggist)

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Revealed: Which areas have lost the most pharmacies?

2 days ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

HomeRevealed: Which areas have lost the most pharmacies? New data analysis has revealed the locations of English and Welsh “pharmacy deserts” – the areas worst hit by the more than a thousand pharmacy closures over the last decade. The Lib Dems claimed  "these pharmacy deserts [have] become normalised"
PSNI hikes fees 20% after flunking record number of standards

2 days ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

HomePSNI hikes fees 20% after flunking record number of standards The Northern Irish pharmacy regulator has confirmed plans to increase annual fees to £477, weeks after the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) “identified weaknesses in multiple [of its] regulatory functions”. “We appreciate the increase in retention fee will not be welcomed by...pharmacists”
‘Anti-competitive’ contract favours bricks-and-mortars, DSPs protest

3 days ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

Home‘Anti-competitive’ contract favours bricks-and-mortars, DSPs protest Some 25 complaints have been submitted to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) arguing that the new pharmacy contract is “anti-competitive”, C+D has learned. exclusiveThe complaint urged the CMA to "recommend a pause or reversal of the restriction"
Contractors to receive April and May SAF uplift ‘sooner’

1 week ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

HomeContractors to receive April and May SAF uplift ‘sooner’ Contractors will reap the benefits of the increased single activity fee (SAF) without having to wait 60 days from the end of April and May, Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has announced. “What would your message to the government be in reaction to this deal?”
‘Don’t suffer alone’: Pharmacy addiction support group launched

1 week ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

Home‘Don’t suffer alone’: Pharmacy addiction support group launched A retired pharmacist who has recovered from substance misuse has launched the Pharmacy Professionals Recovery Group – a “lifeline” for those suffering with drug or alcohol problems. exclusive“There are pharmacists as we speak who are...wondering where it's going to end”
Slew of fentanyl patches ‘out of stock’ until December

1 week ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

HomeSlew of fentanyl patches ‘out of stock’ until December The government has issued a warning that multiple strengths of fentanyl delivered through transdermal patches will be out of stock until the end of the year. The “tier two” notification will have a “medium impact”
‘Very desperate’: Boom in pay-for-DPP services as GP surgery ‘doors close’

1 week ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

Home‘Very desperate’: Boom in pay-for-DPP services as GP surgery ‘doors close’ A snowballing number of pharmacists who “feel like they're missing out” are willing to fork out thousands for a Designated Prescribing Practitioner (DPP) to complete their independent prescribing (IP) qualification, C+D has learned. exclusive"We’ve already helped enough pharmacists as goodwill but we can’t keep doing it"
Patient secures ‘urgent’ leukaemia treatment after Pharmacy First consultation

2 weeks ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

HomePatient secures ‘urgent’ leukaemia treatment after Pharmacy First consultation A pharmacist has been hailed as “incredible” after she spotted a patient’s leukaemia red flags during an NHS Pharmacy First Plus consultation. “The patient’s demeanour and presentation that day did ring alarm bells for me”
Pharmacies must ‘immediately’ remove weight-loss ads, regulators warn

2 weeks ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

HomePharmacies must ‘immediately’ remove weight-loss ads, regulators warn The pharmacy, medicine and advertising regulators have joined forces to warn pharmacies not to advertise weight loss drugs via social media, adding that pharmacies can still break the rules without naming a POM. “No-one operating in this industry can say they have not been warned”
‘I saw the King chatting to Lionel Richie’: Nick Kaye’s last month as NPA chair

2 weeks ago | chemistanddruggist.co.uk | Kate Bowie

Home‘I saw the King chatting to Lionel Richie’: Nick Kaye’s last month as NPA chair After serving two years at the helm of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), Nick Kaye reflects on the good, the bad and the Saturday-morning phone calls from 10 Downing Street… exclusive“The old lady of pharmacy has been rumbled and woken up”