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  1. Community pharmacy champion funding to continue

    24 Apr 13 | 15.27 | Scotland

    Funding for community pharmacist practitioner champions in Scotland will be continued in 2013-14...

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  2. Dysphagia website launched

    24 Apr 13 | 15.23 | England

    Keele University School of Pharmacy has launched a website providing guidance on medicines optimisation for patients with dysphagia... more >

  3. Let’s hear from the candidates

    24 Apr 13 | 15.05 | England Scotland Wales

    The elections to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s national pharmacy boards, even though you may not vote just yet, can be considered to be under way now that the names of the candidates have been published more >

  4. Why ethics is a pragmatic compromise

    24 Apr 13 | 12.03 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    A collision of two or more ethical principles is bound to result in a stalemate more >

  5. Positive results from national evaluation of healthy living pharmacies — updated

    23 Apr 13 | 13.30 | England

    Accelerating roll-out of the healthy living pharmacy (HLP) model will be the next priority following positive results...

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  6. Boots launches asthma support programme

    23 Apr 13 | 13.08 | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

    Boots’ pharmacists will offer support and advice to people with asthma about how to manage their condition...

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  7. Communication skills focus of new training programme

    23 Apr 13 | 13.00 | England

    A national training programme to improve the communication and consultation skills...

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  8. Positive results from evaluation of healthy living pharmacies

    22 Apr 13 | 16.19 | England

    Community pharmacy is a resource that must be exploited, according to Richard Parish, chief executive of the Royal Society of Public health...

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  9. Increase in slapped cheek disease in Scotland

    22 Apr 13 | 14.58 | Scotland

    An increased incidence of the childhood illness slapped cheek disease has been observed in Scotland during the first quarter of 2013... more >

  10. Time is right for medicines optimisation to flourish

    22 Apr 13 | 14.54 | England

    Now is the perfect time for medicines optimisation to flourish, clinical commissioning groups were told at a conference last week... more >