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
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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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