Most pharmacies to be loss-making within four years | PSNC: We will walk away from a bad deal

View in browser Download the Pharmacy Magazine App to access your learning anytime, anywhere ANALYSIS Most pharmacies to be loss-making within four years Three quarters of English pharmacies are on course to be loss-making in four years unless the sector receives an urgent funding boost, a report finds. Read more Pharmacy Magazine Talking Pharmacy podcast An exclusive interview with PSNC's Simon Dukes talking about pharmacy's funding crisis, the latest state of play with negotiations and why contractors should stop offering services for free. Listen now NEWS, FEATURES & OPINION PSNC Dukes: 'We're not the rolling over committee' PSNC chief Simon Dukes has said the negotiator will be prepared to walk away from any inadequate funding deal proposed by the Government. Read more NICE calls on commissioners to promote pharmacy services Local health commissioners should consider promoting community pharmacies as a first port of call for health and wellbeing, NICE has said. Read more 'Immediate NHS action' to safeguard hydrocortisone after Covid study Seriously ill coronavirus patients have a better than 90 per cent chance of improved recovery when given a seven-day course of hydrocortisone. Tackle competition over flu jabs, Hancock urged Hancock should seek to minimise competition between GP practices and community pharmacies over the provision of flu jabs, a Tory MP says. Superdrug uses robots for new medicine pouching service Superdrug has launched a new automated medication pouching service, using a dispensing robot to assemble patients' pills. SPONSORED Advising on stimulant laxatives Find out how new MHRA regulations affect the supply of stimulant laxatives so you can reassure customers and help them find the right products. MOST READ ONLINE Pharmacies to get £36 for providing NHS Hep C tests The Community Pharmacy Hepatitis C Antibody Testing service is to launch on September 1 after being delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Pharmacy Magazine is part of the Pharmacy Network, a learning system developed and operated by Communications International Group, the UK's largest provider of community pharmacy learning content. To complete any of the training modules in the newsletter, please ensure you are a registered member of www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk Unsubscribe   Ι  Contact  Ι  Privacy Policy  Ι  Become a Member