Chemist+Druggist

Pharmacy premise closed to public after #NYE #storm tears off roof https://lnkd.in/digtnnDs A Norfolk pharmacy has been forced to ask patients to pick up their medicines from another collection point after a tree smashed through its roof on New Year’s Eve

‘Horrifying’: Pharmacy Access Scheme fails to prevent 58 closures https://ow.ly/hfk050UAnrv NPA - National Pharmacy Association analysis has revealed that the £20 million Pharmacy Access Scheme funded by the pharmacy contract failed to protect dozens of isolated pharmacies from closing since 2022 #Pharmacy

Editor’s Opinion: Good news, the only way is up. Right? https://ow.ly/1NnE50UAfpZ What if the government has been working on a package of #pharmacy contract reforms that would give the industry the structured and reassuring lift it deserves?

Coroner: Woman dies after buying off-label POMs online ‘over 100’ times https://ow.ly/2xvP50UAcRx A woman with fibromyalgia has died from multiple organ failure with two medicines purchased from websites selling off-label prescription medications found in her body, a coroner has found #Pharmacy

Last chance to add your voice to this year’s C+D Salary Survey... https://ow.ly/eahT50Uzr2O This is the final call to have your say in this year's iteration of the C+D Salary Survey... If you haven’t taken part - you’re in luck. The survey will close for entries this Sunday 5th January when the clock strikes midnight. This year, the best bits will be sent in a letter from C+D to pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock. So what do you really want him to know about community pharmacy?

Morrisons launches ‘on-demand’ online pharmacy service https://ow.ly/kjhH50UzoYY Morrisons has partnered with digital pharmacy Phlo to launch the “Morrisons Clinic”, an “online private prescription service” that delivers customers’ medicine in as little as 24 hours.

Only a few weeks remaining to enter The Pills 2025! This event is a celebration of the incredible talent shaping UK pharmacy’s future. Do you know someone under 35 who’s: - Making a difference in community pharmacy? - Innovating in pharmacy tech? - Supporting healthcare through a creative role? 📆 Entries close 31 January 2025. 🎉 Event: 5 March 2025 at The Ivy, Tower Bridge. 👉 https://ow.ly/CN7U50Uzhnl #ThePills2025

‘New front line’: MHRA removes 150 social media posts selling fake weight loss drugs https://ow.ly/goOA50Uze5X Social media has become the new “front line” for the sale of counterfeit weight loss drugs with 150 online posts “actively” selling them targeted by the MHRA last year, C+D has learned.

https://ow.ly/m8CW50U9P6e We partnered with Maxwellia to bring you a FREE webinar Not All Periods Are Equal…Let’s Talk About Heavy Menstrual Bleeding.🩸 Watch on demand today in the Evana® Menstrual Health Room! Discover how you can help your patients find relief from disruptive periods. #PartneredContent #MenstrualHealth #Webinar

Pharmacist thwarts diabetes patient flogging excess Mounjaro https://lnkd.in/gdghZVdz Community Pharmacy Wales (CPW) has urged pharmacies to “review” weight loss and diabetes prescriptions, after a patient was caught selling extra tirzepatide “mistakenly prescribed” by their GP.