Extra measures needed to ensure patients have access to safe supply of medicines during Brexit
The Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) today (26 October) calls on the UK Government to strengthen medicines contingency planning for Brexit,...
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Stronger recognition and bolder innovation in regulation and funding of community pharmacy is needed, says CCA
The CCA has called for stronger recognition, clearer planning and bolder innovation in how community pharmacy services are funded and...
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Guest blog: Be proud on World Pharmacists Day – a perspective from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
By Catherine Duggan, CEO, FIP Today our profession will be marking World Pharmacists Day. Around the world, our colleagues will...
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Falsified Medicines Directive must not disrupt the medicines supply chain post Brexit, says CCA
The introduction of new ‘patient safety features’ under the EU’s Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), coming only weeks before Brexit, must...
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CCA calls on governments to unlock potential of pharmacy team
The CCA is calling on the Department of Health and Social Care to seize the opportunity to unlock the potential...
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CCA media statement: Court of Appeal ruling in funding cuts case
The Court of Appeal has today (23 August) upheld the High Court ruling that the reduction in funding imposed on...
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CCA responds to regulator proposals around safe online pharmacy services
The CCA has today (21 August) responded to the General Pharmaceutical Council’s discussion paper on making sure patients and the...
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CCA responds to regulator’s new pharmacy inspection proposals
Pharmacy regulation needs to be proportionate and evidence-based, meet the needs of patients and the public and drive improvement, according...
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CCA welcomes emphasis on community pharmacy working with other service providers in new NICE guideline
The Company Chemists’ Association (CCA) has today (3 August) welcomed a new NICE guideline that asks local commissioners to work...
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Blog: How the Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group is helping teams safely dispense sodium valproate
CCA board member Janice Perkins explains how the Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group is helping pharmacy teams to safely dispense...
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Pharmacy organisations highlight the role of community pharmacy to support people with long-term conditions
National pharmacy organisations have come together in Parliament today to highlight the role that community pharmacy can play in helping...
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Blog: Brexit, pharmacy and me
At a time when Theresa May’s efforts to put together a deal to place before the European Union have garnered...