As of last week, the UK is no longer part of the European Union: however, despite months of headlines, multiple forecasts, and mounting uncertainty, it feels for many that it was a blink-and-you-miss-it moment. Leading finance firm, Salhan Accountants, is warning businesses that this may well be the calm before the storm, and failure to… Read more…

Dr. Anjulika Salhan has won the English Women’s Award for the second year in a row for her contributions to Finance and Accountancy. This glamorous event, celebrating female successes took place in Birmingham’s Holiday Inn Airport (NEC) Hotel on Thursday, November 21st 2019. The Awards honoured the talent and hard work of female professionals and… Read more…

New research suggests that recent sector funding cuts have hit the personal income of many UK Pharmacy owners. According to a report published at the end of December, around four in five British Pharmacists experienced a noticeable drop in their personal income over the course of 2017. Of the 42 community Pharmacy contractors assessed as… Read more…

Pharmacists are being urged to take note of new guidance recently issued by NHS England in relation to the Quality Payments Scheme, which affects any community Pharmacies wishing to claim payments for this year. Users of the scheme, which initially opened on 1 December 2016 and will run until 31 March 2018, can potentially benefit… Read more…

A recent report in Moneyweek magazine suggests that Britain’s eventual departure from the European Union (EU) could have an unfavourable impact on British Pharmacies if the UK leaves the single market. Currently, being a part of the single market enables UK businesses – including Pharmacies – to swerve numerous regulatory barriers when it comes to… Read more…

Recent reforms to Pharmacy and budget cuts have “had a big impact” on Pharmacies across England – and “a positive, constructive agenda” is needed going forward, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said. The comments come amid concerns that controversial proposals to allow Pharmacy technicians to ‘supervise’ community Pharmacies could be implemented in coming months… Read more…

A new poll has found that 86 per cent of the UK public believe that the services provided by Pharmacists represent ‘good value for money’. The survey, which quizzed more than 1,000 people, was published by the Behaviour and Attitudes Research Company at the beginning of May, and found that 96 per cent of respondents… Read more…

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said that the UK economy could save ‘millions of pounds’ if more Pharmacists were trained to prescribe medicines. The comments come at a time when the NHS is pushing for medics to slash overall prescribing, and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued a public warning for Britons to… Read more…

Following announcements made last year, more information regarding GP contract changes continues to trickle through from the NHS Employers and the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) of the British Medical Association (BMA). In an attempt to alleviate the growing financial pressures experienced by many GP practices, NHS England and the GPC have agreed an investment boost… Read more…

The Government has failed to adequately assess the true cost of its plan to allow patients to visit their GPs every day of the week between 8am and 8pm, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. The spending watchdog says that the controversial ‘seven-day’ plan, pushed by former Prime Minister David Cameron, will prove expensive… Read more…