Pharmacies in worse position than before pandemic, NPA tells Covid inquiry. Want to find out more? Read the full article now on the Flame Health blog!

Pharmacy News UK from the Flame Health blog! Living wage hike could lead to pharmacy lay-offs, NPA warns Government. Interested? Read more today...

Pharmacy technicians in England, Scotland and Wales are to be given new powers to supply and administer medicines under patient group directions (PGDs). Read more now on the Flame Health blog!

Pharmacies are losing technicians to hospitals. “There is movement from training in community pharmacy to working as a pharmacy technician in other sectors,” Read more on the Flame Health blog!

Pharmacy News UK! The former home secretary Priti Patel told parliament this week that Pharmacy First is giving pharmacies “new business activities... Read more today on the Flame Health blog!

Pharmacists put their own money in to deal with ‘crisis’ in Northern Ireland. Interested? Find out more today by reading the latest Flame Health blog!

NPA chief executive Paul Rees has repeated his call for a new deal and “fair treatment” for pharmacy contractors in England. Read more on the Flame Health blog!

Campaign materials are now available for pharmacy teams in England to promote the Pharmacy First service. Find out more on the Flame Health blog!

Increasing numbers of patients are turning to pharmacists for health advice, according to a survey published this month. Find out more on the Flame Health blog!

The majority of pharmacists in England have seen patients decline medicine because they could not afford to pay prescription charges. Read more today on the Flame Health blog!

Health leaders throughout England have welcomed the launch today of the Pharmacy First service. Interested? Read more on the Flame Health blog today!

Asda is coming under scrutiny over its offer to put £1 in their customers’ rewards app cash pots if they talk to their pharmacy teams...find out more here on the Flame Health blog!

Pharmacists have reacted with concern to NHS England’s guidance that foundation trainees should focus on... read more today on the Flame Health blog!

Pharmacies in Lincolnshire to roll out private stroke predictor service, a reading of their risk of a stroke/heart attack in the next 10 years. Read more now on the Flame Health blog!

Doubts have emerged over whether the IT systems needed to support the Pharmacy First service will be ready in time for its launch on January 31st. Read more now on the Flame Health blog!