NPA News

The Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA) which represents wholesalers invited Andrew Lane, Chair of the National Pharmacy Association, to give a speech at their 2022 Business Day conference on Thursday (26 May)

Patient safety, costs and competition issues were put under the microscope, as well as practicalities such as what to do with uncollected medicines

NPA board members met with the head of the government’s HRT Taskforce, Madelaine McTernan, on Friday to explore solutions to the nationwide shortage of some Hormone Replacement Therapies

The NPA is advising its members to vote “yes” to reform of pharmacy representation in England

The next review of pharmacy funding under the contractual framework in England must result in funding sufficient to ensure progress towards a service–led future

The One Show on BBC One showcased community pharmacy to a prime time TV audience on Tuesday evening (10 May)

CityDoc, a private healthcare provider, will market to customers and direct them into NPA member pharmacies for vaccine appointments

Public health experts, community pharmacists and those living with obesity have come up with seven action points that would enable better NHS services for those living with obesity

The Review Steering Group (RSG) has issued its final proposals on Setting the Direction for Pharmacy Representation in England, which pharmacy contractors can vote upon from late May.

A public consultation is currently under way on government plans to enable ‘inter-company hub and spoke’, where a pharmacy outsources elements of its dispensing to a third party.