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NEWS (PJ 21 July 2007)
Push for ETP roll-out in Scotland

Company chemists reject emphasis in APPG report


NEWS (PJ 30 June 2007)
Pharmacy contract fails to stimulate innovation


NEWS (PJ 10 February 2007)
Contract review starts to gather evidence

Contract updates circulated in Scotland


NEWS (PJ 18 November 2006)
Contract test words altered

Contract favours multiples

Enhanced services packages


NEWS (PJ 11 November 2006)
Indicative rates announced for two more national enhanced services for Wales

UniChem and Roche offer enhanced services deal



NEWS (PJ 4 November 2006)
PSNC calls for national minor ailments service


NEWS (PJ 21 October 2006)
Why is a minor ailments scheme not an essential service, asks AIMp


NEWS (PJ 23 September 2006)
Contract funding up to £1.911bn


NEWS (PJ 2 September 2006)
More enhanced service specifications planned as data reveal slow uptake by primary care bodies


NEWS (PJ 12 August 2006)
Staff training in Scotland


NEWS (PJ 5 August 2006)
Contract compliance disputes


NEWS (PJ 29 July 2006)
Indicative rates for enhanced services set in Wales


NEWS (PJ 22 July 2006)
Transitional reimbursement payment announced for contractors in Scotland

£66m contract underspend in England and Wales


NEWS (PJ 15 July 2006)
Unscheduled care payments announced in Scotland


NEWS (PJ 1 July 2006)
Scottish contract and minor ailment service start on 1 July


NEWS (PJ 24 June 2006)
Poster for Scotland's minor ailment service unveiled

AAH offers support for new contract public health service in Scotland


NEWS (PJ 17 June 2006)
Scottish contract initiatives need Society support


NEWS (PJ 10 June 2006)
Overwhelming support for new contract in Scotland

Scotland to have local pharmacist lists

Minor ailment service registration starts


NEWS (PJ 27 May 2006)
Final preparations for minor ailment service in Scotland


NEWS (PJ 20 May 2006)
Clinical governance course

Contract funding negotiations delayed because of health minister's resignation

Enhanced services pricing toolkit published


NEWS (PJ 13 May 2006)
NPA launches enhanced service guide for Wales

New contract vote in Scotland this month


NEWS (PJ 29 April 2006)
Further financial details of new Scottish contract

Health minister reassures MPs that pharmacies will receive fair funding for services


NEWS (PJ 22 April 2006)
Financial deal to support new contract in Scotland

Pharmacies overpaid for generics, says LSE researcher


NEWS (PJ 15 April 2006)
Public health details of Scottish contract unveiled


NEWS (PJ 8 April 2006)
Tell accountant about VAT status of services


NEWS (PJ 25 March 2006)
Vital test of new pharmacy contract funding still to come


NEWS (PJ 11 March 2006)
New contract in Scotland delayed until June


NEWS (PJ 18 February 2006)
7,100 now MUR-accredited


NEWS (PJ 28 January 2006)
Progress made with ePharmacy services in new Scottish contract


NEWS (PJ 21 January 2006)
Commissioning of enhanced services difficult

Society-sponsored trust commissions £140,000 study of new contract


NEWS (PJ 7 January 2006)
Statement on contract monitoring issued


NEWS (PJ 24/31 December 2005)
Scotland's minor ailment service details published


NEWS (PJ 17 December 2005)
Pharmacy IT must evolve for future contract needs


NEWS (PJ 3 December 2005)
Implementation plan announced for new contract in Scotland

APPG writes to Hewitt on care outside hospitals

Judge contract applications on essential services only, say pharmacists in Wales

New funding for IT upgrades for Scotland pharmacies


NEWS (PJ 26 November 2005)
Contract-based business development wins award


NEWS (PJ 19 November 2005)
MSD contract guide

Get the right treatment” focuses on new contract


NEWS (PJ 12 November 2005)
Scottish health boards told to prepare for new contract

Scotland committed to community pharmacy


NEWS (PJ 17 September 2005)
Enhanced services expected to cause problems

Extra hours cannot be enforced, PCTs are told


NEWS (PJ 10 September 2005)
First enhanced service specifications announced


NEWS (PJ 27 August 2005)
Draft framework supports new contract monitoring


NEWS (PJ 13 August 2005)
Scotland’s e-pharmacy programme moves forward

Substance misuse could be tackled through new contract


NEWS (PJ 30 July 2005)
DoH consults again on charges for pharmacy contract applications

National toolkit to assess implementation of contract


NEWS (PJ 23 July 2005)
Electronic version of minor ailments service goes live

Community contract puts credibility on the line

Most PCTs are making good progress on the contract


NEWS (PJ 9 July 2005)
NPA guidance on carrying out patient surveys planned


NEWS (PJ 2 July 2005)
Pharmacists in Wales sent new contract newsletter


NEWS (PJ 25 June 2005)
Patient surveys not due yet


NEWS (PJ 4 June 2005)
VAT and the new contract


NEWS (PJ 28 May 2005)
AAH supports enhanced services through new scheme

PSNC clarifies bank holiday opening rules for pharmacies

Special interest pharmacists to get contract frameworks


NEWS (PJ 21 May 2005)
New contract VAT concerns

PSNC contract roadshows

£140,000 made available for research on the new contract

UniChem launches guide to advanced services


NEWS (PJ 14 May 2005)
Nucare launches new pharmacist training programme


NEWS (PJ 7 May 2005)
NPC community pharmacy collaborative launched

Independent pharmacies face huge challenges over new contract

Scottish Bill passes first stage

PSNC publishes guide to new contract funding


NEWS (PJ 30 April 2005)
New health Bill in Scotland takes a step forwards

New contract worries for NPA

AAH new contract resource pack and CD-ROM launched


NEWS (PJ 23 April 2005)
Contractors set to lose around 30 pc profit

Pharmacy regulations will need further amendment

PSNC in no hurry over standard LPS contract


NEWS (PJ 16 April 2005)
Concerns raised about out-of-hours funding

Draft fitness-to-practise guidance for PCTs published by DoH

Mental health services included in NPC’s medicines management collaborative

Moss starts MUR service


NEWS (PJ 9 April 2005)
New pharmacy contract launched by Reid

More contract details announced


NEWS (PJ 2 April 2005)
Welsh community pharmacy contract regulations amended

Many independents unprepared for new contract

Rural agreement in force


NEWS (PJ 26 March 2005)
Contract guides for PCOs and support staff launched

NEWS (PJ 19 March 2005)
Core hours system revised

NEWS (PJ 12 March 2005)
Financial support for training and IM&T in Scotland

Regulations guidance explains entry test exemptions


NEWS (PJ 5 March 2005)
Draft guidance on pharmacy regulations published

Contract specifications delay

Scottish bodies give evidence on new Bill

Good business case needed for independent sector to provide primary care services

AAH creates contract toolkit

Urgent dispensing fee lost

Small pharmacies becoming unsaleable


NEWS (PJ 26 February 2005)
Society offers contract monitoring service

Healthcare Commission should challenge PCT pharmacy plans

NPA launches guide to new contract

Strategic tests published to help PCTs exploit new contract


NEWS (PJ 19 February 2005)
Exit payments extended to the smallest contractors

CPPE doubles number of new contract workshops

PCTs and contractors do not need to panic

£38m of disability payments announced for new contract


NEWS (PJ 29 January 2005)
PSNC publishes top tips to prepare for new contract

UniChem guide to new contract


NEWS (PJ 15 January 2005)
Competencies for advanced services announced


NEWS (PJ 1/8 January 2005)
Scottish Bill sets out new contract legislation

Scottish contract announcements welcomed

PCT new contract helpline


NEWS (PJ 18/25 December 2004)
Scotland moves away from volume-based contract

Transitional funding agreed in Scotland


NEWS (PJ 11 December 2004)
NatPaCT provides help for new contract implementation


NEWS (PJ 4 December 2004)
Pharmacists can now be enthusiastic about future

New pharmacy contract “yes” vote welcomed

Pharmaceutical industry sees new contract as important

NPA calls again on Government to extend contract exit payments


NEWS (PJ 27 November 2004)
Community pharmacists vote “yes” to new contract

Reid admits there may be advantages for multiples

Toolkit launched for primary care organisations to support and develop community pharmacy

PSNC hits back over criticism of new contract negotiation

Numark launches clinical governance programme

Latest UniChem package reflects pharmacy contract


NEWS (PJ 20 November 2004)
New contract criticised as untransparent


NEWS (PJ 13 November)

Welsh funding for new contract will match English

PSNC warns pharmacy contractors to get their sums right


NEWS (PJ 6 November)
New contract could result in problems for Saturday services

Two weeks of debate before contract ballot

NPA wants contract exit payments to be held over for three years

CCA companies will vote independently on contract

DoH publishes a guide on the new contract for PCTs


News (28 October 2004)
Contract details published more

News (PJ 16 Oct 2004)
PSNC announces dates for new contract roadshows more


NEWS FEATURE (PJ 2 September 2006)
Have your say on the new contract


SPECIAL FEATURE (PJ 3 December 2005)
· Consultation areas
· Finance options
· What the new regulations mean


COMMENT (PJ 13 August 2005)
Is it ethical to use monitored dosage systems when efficacy is questionable?

THE SOCIETY (PJ 13 August 2005)
Guide to audit PDF (60K)


NEWS FEATURES (PJ 18 June 2005)
Locums can use new contract as an opportunity to increase marketability

New contract: three months further on

ARTICLES (PJ 18 June 2005)
New resource collates pharmacists’ concerns about pharmacy contract


MEETINGS (PJ 11 June 2005)
Aspects of the contract in the north east


MEETINGS (PJ 28 May 2005)
AAH Convention


COMMENT (PJ 21 May 2005)
Locums — key players in workforce and in delivery of the new contract


NEWS FEATURE (PJ 7 May 2005)
Community pharmacy collaborative set to help PCTs share best practice

ARTICLES (PJ 7 May 2005)
Setting up local pharmaceutical services (PDF 90K)


MEETINGS (PJ 30 April 2005)
Meeting report: Institute of Pharmacy Management International


NEWS FEATURE (PJ 23 April 2005)
Will new rural dispensing regulations mean peace with dispensing doctors?


COMMENT (PJ 23 April 2005)
Competing for an independent future


NEWS FEATURE (PJ 16 April 2005)
Taking a different perspective: what PCOs think about the new contract


COMMENT (PJ 9 April 2005)
Locums — key players in workforce — cast adrift as contract launched


NEWS FEATURE (PJ 2 April 2005)
Contract 2005: what has changed in the updated regulations for England?


NEWS FEATURE (PJ 26 March 2005)
One week before the contract goes live PDF (110K)


NEWS FEATURE (PJ 26 February 2005)
NPfIT — more evolution than revolution


NEWS FEATURE (PJ 19 February 2005)
How the new contract and changes to the Register may affect recruitment


COMMENT (PJ 20 November 2004)
Pharmacy hours of service provision may have unintended consequences


News feature (PJ 13 Nov 2004)
Are contractors ready for the contract?

PSNC conference (PJ 13 Nov 2004)
Community pharmacy will be valued


News feature (PJ 6 Nov 2004)
Is the new contract good or bad news?
See also Clarification

Comment (PJ 6 Nov 2004)
A new dawn or an inevitable dusk?


News feature (PJ 30 Oct 2004)
Funding for the new contract revealed more See also news item


News feature (PJ 18 Sep 2004)
Preparing PCTs for the new contract more

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