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How is Wearable Technology impacting Community Pharmacy?

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Community Pharmacies in the United Kingdom and beyond are no exception. The vast majority of pharmacies in the UK still double-up as a retail shop, or a convenience store, for our American readers. People don’t visit pharmacies for cheap plastic toys.

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Beyond the Counter: My Journey Through a Transformative IPPE Experience

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Why CPESN CPESN stands for Community Pharmacy Enhanced Service Network, a group of pharmacies similarly focused on patient outcomes. CPESN pharmacies focus on strong, personal relationships with each individual patient. This is all dependent on location, management, staffing, and store volume.

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CVS and Walgreens Walkouts: What Independent Pharmacies Should Know

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Walgreens employees also participated in walkouts from October 9th to 11th, leading to confirmed store closures in Oregon, Arizona, Washington, and Massachusetts. Walgreens organizers are not only planning walkouts and rallies but are also considering pushing for unionization for pharmacy staff who are not currently represented by one.

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Set Up A Retail Pharmacy

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Wants - Needs shaped by culture and personality. Review the Community Pharmacy Benchmarking Guideline Community Pharmacy Benchmarking Guideline, 2016 serves a set of standards that needs to be complied with for the purpose of community pharmacy practice set up, training activities, audits and complementing the licensing requirement.

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2024 Pharmacy Trends to Look For

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The role of community pharmacies has seen significant shifts in recent years prompting a need for a proactive approach to meet evolving patient expectations. Digital pharmacies not only offer medication delivery, but they may have an array of services including telehealth consultations and virtual medication counseling.

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Poisons Act 1952 and Regulations

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Prohibition of Sale to Persons Under 18 As stated in Section 17 of Poisons Act 1952 , no poison shall be sold or supplied to any person under 18 years old , otherwise than for purposes of the medical treatment of such person. Below are examples of Group C poisons that you may encounter in community pharmacy setting.

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Drug Formulary

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On the other hands, a closed formulary , as the name suggested, is a limited list of medications that may limit drugs to specific physicians, patient care areas, or disease states via formulary restrictions. The products on the hospital formulary dictate what the hospital pharmacy should purchase and keep in inventory.