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The UK's leading trade body for community pharmacy

We provide inspirational leadership to community pharmacy with powerful representation, innovative support services and protection.

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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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NPA work with many reputable suppliers to provide our members with the best products and services to run their pharmacies.

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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.

Pharmacy Voice welcomes the launch of the Public Health Outcomes Framework

26 Jan 2012


Pharmacy Voice has welcomed the launch of the Public Health Outcomes Framework, which focuses on improving healthy life expectancy and reducing differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between communities.

NPA attends Scottish Government briefing on the Review of NHS Pharmaceutical Care of Patients in the Community

25 Jan 2012


The National Pharmacy Association has attended a Scottish Government briefing about the scope and timetable for the Review of NHS Pharmaceutical Care of Patients in the Community.

Pharmacy Voice responds to parliamentary inquiry on medicines shortages

20 Jan 2012


Pharmacy Voice is calling for an end to blunt medicines quotas, which result in pharmacists having to seek emergency supplies and keep patients waiting for their medicines. In its response to the All-Party Parliamentary Pharmacy Group’s inquiry into branded medicines shortages in the UK, Pharmacy Voice also says there should be a more concrete obligation to get medicines to pharmacies within 24 hours of an order.

Pharmacy Voice expresses “serious concerns” about quality and accuracy of current PNAs

20 Jan 2012


Pharmacy Voice has expressed “serious concerns” about the quality and accuracy of current PNAs and is calling on the Department of Health to address these as a matter of urgency.

Adverse weather — be prepared

03 Feb 2012


Adverse weather is threatening the UK this weekend and pharmacies should have business continuity plans and / or a Standard operating procedure (SOP) in place in case they are affected

Dekristol still remains unlicensed

02 Feb 2012


Dekristol (colecalciferol) capsules 20,000units appear in February’s Chemist and Druggist (C+D) monthly pricelist with a PIP code and price.

CE marking and the supply of appliances in England and Wales

02 Feb 2012


Pharmacists are advised to take care when dispensing prescriptions for medical devices because they will only be paid if the product is listed in Part IX (the appliances section) of the Drug Tariff

Supply of water for injection on a prescription

26 Jan 2012


Water for injection (WFI) is licensed as a Prescription Only Medicine (POM) and in order for pharmacists to make a legal supply it needs to be prescribed on a prescription

Gaviscon advance – recall

25 Jan 2012


Two batches of Gaviscon Advance Aniseed suspension 500ml have been recalled by manufacturer Reckitt Benckiser

Emergency Hormonal Contraception

02 Feb 2012


An SOP on delivering EHC as a National Enhanced Service in Wales.

Catheter valve

01 Feb 2012


MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT
Manufactured by Coloplast.

inPharmacy January 2012

01 Feb 2012


This edition: Healthy Progress - A new chapter for Englands Healthy Living Pharmacies

NCSO 2012 England and Wales

26 Jan 2012


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

Items on short supply 2012 Scotland

26 Jan 2012


Latest updates on Items on short supply.

Health bodies reject NHS reforms

03 Feb 2012


Physiotherapist leaders have joined the Royal College of GPs in calling for the health bill in England to be scrapped, increasing pressure on the government.

Malaria toll 'is twice as high'

03 Feb 2012


The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.

Weekend hospital admission fears

03 Feb 2012


Research which suggests that patients are more likely to die in hospital if they are admitted at the weekend is backed up by a major study.

Poison arrest nurse loses appeal

03 Feb 2012


A nurse arrested and later freed over the poisoning deaths of patients at Stepping Hill Hospital loses an appeal against her sacking.

Brains may be wired for addiction

02 Feb 2012


Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists.

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.

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