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Community pharmacy to tackle childhood obesity

Childhood obesity is now a well-recognised problem in the UK, with around one third of children leaving primary school overweight or obese. Despite the fact tha... Read More...

Community Pharmacy in a Changing Environment

The message could not have been starker –how health and care is delivered in Scotland is changing and, this time, it’s really going to happen because the pressu... Read More...

Falsified Medicines Directive: The Clock is Ticking

Whilst proposals for a hub-and-spoke prescription fulfilment model appear to have been pushed onto the back burner, the implementation of the Falsified Medicine... Read More...

Integrated five-year pharmacy programme under discussion

Building on the success of its existing Pharmacy four-year degree plus one year pre-registration training programme, Scotland has announced plans to explore opt... Read More...

Primary Care in Scotland: The Way Forward

A collaborative consisting of seven representative bodies involved in delivering primary care in Scotland has launched its views on the future and principles of... Read More...

Innovative Project Benefits Coeliac Patients

One in 100 people in the UK has coeliac disease, but, amazingly, only 24 per cent of those with the condition have been diagnosed, and it's estimated that aroun... Read More...

MSP Visits Winning Pharmacist

Scotland's I Love My Pharmacist winner, Naseem Sadiq, has received support from his local MSP, Jenny Gilruth, who recently visited him at his pharmacy, Dears Ph... Read More...

HSBC SUPPORTS LINDSAY & GILMOUR WITH PHARMACY ACQUISITIONS

Pharmacy operator, Raimes Clark & Company Limited - which trades as Lindsay & Gilmour - has acquired two pharmacies after securing a £3 million finance ... Read More...

Scotland’s Drug Death ‘Blues’

The recent 'Drug-related deaths in Scotland in 2015' report certainly makes alarming reading, with statistics showing that 706 drug-related deaths (DRDs) were r... Read More...

Pharmacy Chain Makes Further Acquisitions

Pharmacy operator, Raimes Clark & Company Limited - which trades as Lindsay & Gilmour - has acquired two pharmacies after securing a £3 million finance ... Read More...

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