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For 90 years the NPA has been the leading trade body for community pharmacy

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We offer a range of GPhC accredited courses for pharmacy staff

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Putting the PH into PHARMACY

What the public health agenda means for community pharmacy

09.30 – 16.30, Sunday 20 May 2012
Hellidon Lakes Golf and Spa Hotel, Northamptonshire


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CPD now online

Introducing our new web based CPD learning service.  Giving you a safe place to store your CPD files as well as providing regular training material suitable for CPD.

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Pharmacy Voice publishes landscape document

17 Feb 2012


Pharmacy Voice has published a ‘landscape’ document, which maps the rapid evolution of health service structures in England.

Cutting Red Tape – Freeing Pharmacists for Frontline Care

15 Feb 2012


Pharmacy Voice today took its campaign against pointless red tape to the heart of Government in Whitehall. Proposals to shave bureaucracy in dispensing and the administration of prescription payments were delivered to Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at the Cabinet Office, to Business Secretary Vince Cable, and to Pharmacy Minister Earl Howe.

NPA calls for negotiations for a new pharmacy contract in Northern Ireland to be accelerated

13 Feb 2012


The National Pharmacy Association is calling for negotiations for a new pharmacy contract in Northern Ireland to be accelerated now that court proceedings in the Judicial Review have come to an end.

Pharmacy Voice launches ‘prospectus for better health’

07 Feb 2012


Pharmacy Voice has today (Wednesday 8th February) launched ‘Community Pharmacy: Our Prospectus for Better Health,’ which outlines a programme of change in community pharmacy for the next three years.

The National Pharmacy Association Health Education Foundation Bursary

31 Jan 2012


Following the successful launch of the inaugural Health Education Foundation bursary in 2011, applications are now open for the 2012 bursary.

Yellow Card website address changed

22 Feb 2012


The website address for reporting adverse drug reactions has changed. The Yellow Card website can now be accessed via the URL www.mhra.gov.uk/yellowcard

Adrenaline (Epinephrine) 1:10,000 ampoule (Aurum Pharmaceuticals): product recall

21 Feb 2012


Aurum Pharmaceuticals is recalling one batch of Adrenaline (Epinephrine) ampoules 1:10,000, 10ml. The product licence (PL) number is 12064/0006. The affected batch number is 1255398 and has an expiry date of January 2013

Vitamin D supplementation – latest guidance

21 Feb 2012


Clarification of guidance on vitamin D supplementation has recently been released by the UK’s Health Departments.The Information Department would like to clarify the current guidance

Contaminated medicines from overseas

20 Feb 2012


Travellers who intend taking their holidays abroad are reminded that sufficient supplies of their regular medication should be taken with them. This follows a warning from the National Travel Health Network and Centre that patients in Pakistan took tablets from a contaminated batch of Isotab 20mg tablets, a cardiac drug containing isosorbide mononitrate. Adverse effects and deaths have been reported from patients who took the contaminated drug, which was found to contain traces of an antimalarial medication, pyrimethamine.

Triple A: Avoid Asthma Attacks Campaign

17 Feb 2012


Asthma UK launched this month the Triple A: Avoid Asthma Attacks Campaign. The campaign will be running until early May.

Vitamin D Deficiency, Insufficiency and Supplementation

21 Feb 2012


Information factsheets providing points to consider when screening prescriptions for Vitamin D. Updated.

NCSO 2012 England and Wales

21 Feb 2012


Latest updates on NCSO (No cheaper stock obtainable) concessions for 2012.

Work experience placement templates

16 Feb 2012


Various templates including: student information checklist, induction checklist, feedback form, health & safety and risk assessment form.

Right of search authorisation form

16 Feb 2012


Template search authorisation request form.

Reference request template

16 Feb 2012


Reference request form and response letter template.

Time link to sudden cardiac death

22 Feb 2012


How the time of day can increase the risk of dying from an irregular heartbeat has been identified by researchers.

NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax'

22 Feb 2012


Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.

Heart symptoms 'differ in women'

22 Feb 2012


Fewer women than men suffering from a heart attack appear to experience chest pain symptoms, according to a study in the US.

Nurses 'should sign Dignity Code'

22 Feb 2012


Nurses and care workers should sign a Dignity Code guaranteeing that elderly patients are treated with respect, say a group of politicians and charities.

Baby P duo made 'serious errors'

22 Feb 2012


Two of Baby Peter's social workers committed a "serious error of judgement" during an incident which saw him "disappear" for 12 days, a tribunal hears.

NPA Insurance and flu/meningitis administration

NPA Professional Indemnity insurance covers Members and their employed or engaged (Locum) pharmacists for administering flu and meningitis vaccinations where pharmacists have attended an appropriate course and if required are accredited for the purpose.  The cover also extends to Individual Locum pharmacists and Primary Care pharmacist policyholders if they participate in this activity.