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The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) CEO Duncan Rudkin has said that the regulator will consider whether “additional guidance is required” if the legislation is changed to roll out the hub-and-spoke model across all pharmacies. Gareth Jones, head of corporate affairs at the NPA, stressed that it was up to individual businesses to implement hub and spoke in the future and assess whether it would benefit them. However, Mr Jones argued that there is not “a huge business incentive for independent pharmacies” to introduce the model. “I don’t see [hub and spoke] revolutionising pharmacy practice within multiples either”, Mr Jones continued.

This is a complete nonsense. There are well over 55K registered pharmacists on the register, and with no more than 12K working in the community sector.I would only believe this article when i see community pharmacies closing or changing hands for nil goodwill. The temporary closures and reduced hours opening is to portray a false scenario of work overload and shortage of workforce to retain as much profit as possible. Such scenarios are also engineered to hold the NHS England and/or the government  to ransom, and and extract and retain as much of the funding as possible. The contractors also use NHS funded Platform to provide private services at extortionate profit!!

Good evening everyone, welcome to our fifth Big Debate. Pharmacy supervision has been at times defined as an emotive topic, and for good reasons. But no matter on which side of the argument pharmacy professionals stand it is agreed by all that patient safety should not be compromised. A formal Community Pharmacy Supervision Practice Group – which includes members from the Association of Independent Multiple pharmacies (AIMp), the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA), the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), and the Pharmacists’ Defence Union (PDA) – first met on September 28 after sector bodies announced earlier this year that talks on pharmacy supervision had resumed. Tonight, we’ll be holding a less formal debate – although please note that we expect our participants to abide by the C+D community principles – on the following question: how can pharmacy supervision be modernised without compromising patient safety? Let us know your thoughts by commenting below. The “live” part of the debate will close at 8pm, but feel free to continue to exchange views for as long as you like. C+D has introduced a streamlined functionality that allows users to mention each other in a comment. Simply use ‘@’ and type in the person’s name.This debate will start at 7pm.

I am disappointed that a full tail is not reflected on regarding the death of the nurse who died due to a combination of medication. Although I don't know the full storey there are numerous points which needs to be addressed ... Why did the GP stop prescribing the medication? Was she referred to a specialist substance misuse clinic what was the status of her mental health addressed? I do NOT believe that the major contributory factor was that of codeine being bought OTC  I agree that the sale of codeine linctus needs some more checks and balances but it is unreasonable to state that this could be the major cause of her death  May her soul be blessed God rest her soul

The General Pharmaceutical Council called on pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to get the vaccine, following health secretary Sajid Javid’s decision to make COVID-19 jabs mandatory for staff working in Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered businesses.

More than £20m was paid to community pharmacy owners in England who submitted their claims for COVID-19 lateral flow test kit transactions in the first five months of the Pharmacy Collect service, C+D can reveal. Full story here: https://www.chemistanddruggist.co.uk/CD135702/Contractors-earned-over-20m-in-service-fees-in-first-5-months-of-Pharmacy-Collect Meanwhile, C+D revealed earlier this year that the sector cashed in just over £6m for Community Pharmacist Consultation Service claims. Do you think the Pharmacy Collect service is working well? Should it be commissioned indefinitely?

The PDA has advised locum pharmacists they “are under no direct obligation” to help contractors gather data for an HMRC investigation into off-payroll working rules - also known as IR35 - although they “may choose to do so to help ensure HMRC reaches a final decision".  PDA: Locums may assist contractors in HMRC IR35 probe but ‘no obligation’ to do so :: C+D (chemistanddruggist.co.uk)