Government to make medicine shortages visible to GPs ‘in real time’ The government will enable GPs to see medicine shortages ‘in real time’ this year at the point of prescribing.

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Aspirin prices 'rise 1,000%' amid supply shortage A pharmacist says the cost to buy a box of aspirin from suppliers was 38p but is now around £7.

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Pharmacy is at the heart of primary care. It was brilliant to meet with the #NationalPharmacyAssociation in #Parliament recently and to attend the Pharmacy Conference organised by #Watford’s own Sigma Pharmaceutical. #AskYourPharmacist

Patients waiting up to three weeks for essential medicines because pharmacists cannot make substitutions Patients are being forced to wait up to three weeks for medicines owing to outdated legislation preventing pharmacists from being able to substitute alternative formulations, according to a survey…

A survey conducted by the #NationalPharmacyAssociation has revealed that patients are being forced to wait up to three weeks for medicines because legislation is preventing pharmacists from being able to provide substitutes

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Community pharmacy funding boosted by £617m in two-year contract Community pharmacies in England have had their funding boosted by £617m over the next two years, following agreement on a new two-year contract. In a statement published on 31 March 2025, Community Ph...

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Pharmacies prepare to cut opening hours in protest over contract Pharmacies are being advised to

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Fears cancer patients 'may starve' without vital drug Creon, a pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, helps digestion but stocks are desperately low.

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NPA lays out tests for funding deal The NPA has laid out five key tests for any contractual framework funding package offered by the Government and NHS England.

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