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Pair charged with robbery at Bristol pharmacy to appear in court this month

Natasha O'Driscoll, 34, of Northwood Park, Winterbourne, and Daniel Bennett, 41, of Wedmore Vale, Bedminster, were charged with robbery.

06 Sep 2024

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Pharmacist raises money for British Heart Foundation after dad’s death

Kirby Mercer, whose father Gary died at the age of 63 from ischaemia of the bowel, raised more than £1,500.

02 Sep 2024

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Police praise ‘heroic’ pharmacy staff as woman viciously assaulted

Cameron MacKay, 36, of Rougemont Close, carried out what Wiltshire Police described as a “sustained and vicious attack."

27 Aug 2024

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Man running ‘mobile pharmacy’ from car arrested in Wigan

The unnamed man was dispensing suspected stolen or fake prescription-only medicines from a car in Greater Manchester.

22 Aug 2024

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GP strike action impacting Pharmacy First communications

Doctors are switching off Update Record functionality as part of their collective action.

19 Aug 2024

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Viewpoint: I know what it is like to experience racism

People coming together as one is a powerful antidote to the divisions and civil disorder we have all witnessed over the past few weeks, says NPA chief executive Paul Rees.

16 Aug 2024

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Pharmacy lives: Holistic health is the future

Pharmacists’ professional lives have never been more hectic or stressed. Unless we take time out for ourselves, we are at real risk of burnout, writes Sobha Sharma Kandel. So she did exactly that...

16 Aug 2024

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Opinion: Hoarding, shoplifting and a new Government

We have a new Government. Let’s hope we also have a more sympathetic approach to all the problems facing the sector. I have high hopes – pharmacy has always fared better under a Labour administration, writes retired pharmacist Andrew McCoig.

02 Aug 2024