Scottish Pharmacist – Page 29 – The Voice of Scottish Pharmacy

Community pharmacy trade unions call on government to facilitate talks on workplace safety

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) and USDAW (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) have written a joint letter to Health and Social Care Secr... Read More...

Alphega Pharmacy Members Receive Extra Support in COVID-19 Effort

Alphega Pharmacy Members have been going to heroic lengths to support patients during this time of uncertainty, coping with unprecedented demand and changing th... Read More...

Aberdeenshire firm opens third pharmacy with Bank of Scotland support

A family-run pharmacy firm is providing essential services during COVID-19 lockdown after acquiring its third site in Aberdeenshire with the support of Bank of ... Read More...

Impact of Covid-19 on care homes to be investigated by Health and Sport Committee

The Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee today launched a survey looking into the particular issues faced by care homes during the coronavirus pande... Read More...

Independent community pharmacies react angrily to a recent change in the MyGP app

Independent community pharmacies have reacted angrily to a recent change in the MyGP app which they believe pushes their patients towards Lloydspharmacy’s... Read More...

Numark launch petition to fight for fairer funding – #saveourpharmacies

We are launching a petition to fight for fairer funding for our community pharmacies Community pharmacies and their teams have been faced with unprec... Read More...

Scottish care staff helped as more than one million items of lifesaving PPE delivered to UK care homes

MORE than one million items of lifesaving PPE have been delivered to care homes across the UK - including several in Scotland - thanks to swift action of rapid ... Read More...

COVID-19: EMIS Health releases free pharmacy video consultations

Following successful pilots in London, EMIS Health has released free video consultation software to all of its 5,200 community pharmacy customers. Pharmacies... Read More...

Patients receive ‘virtual visits’ from loved ones

Thanks to modern technology, a group of patients at University Hospital Wishaw have been able to receive ‘virtual visits’ from their loved ones. The patients... Read More...

NPA support for local community pharmacy

Dear Member, The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unexpected immense pressure for community pharmacies who are evidently under significant strain already. T... Read More...

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