Press Releases

February 2012

• Pharmacy Voice publishes landscape document
• Cutting Red Tape – Freeing Pharmacists for Frontline Care
• Pharmacy Voice launches ‘prospectus for better health’

January 2012

• Pharmacy Voice welcomes the launch of the Public Health Outcomes Framework
• Pharmacy Voice responds to parliamentary inquiry on medicines shortages
• Pharmacy Voice expresses “serious concerns” about quality and accuracy of current PNAs
• Nursing leader visits local pharmacy
• Pharmacy Voice responds to MHRA review of Medicines Legislation
• Pharmacy bodies respond to MHRA announcement on dispensing errors
• Pharmacy Voice welcomes proposals outlined in the NICE consultation on ‘Preventing type-2 diabetes’
• Pharmacy Voice welcomes NHS Future Forum call to “make every contact count”

December 2011

• NHS Business Services Authority second group to come before Pharmacy Voice scrutiny panel
• Pharmacy Voice calls for Sustainable Communities Act to be strengthened
• Obligation to involve pharmacy in commissioning is now official, says Pharmacy Voice

November 2011

• Public back calls for tougher rules on drug manufacturers
• Pharmacy Voice welcomes inquiry into NHS medicines shortages
• Pharmacy Voice has welcomed the Department of Health’s decision to remove the three year rule.
• Admin should not get in the way of NMS says Pharmacy Voice

October 2011

• Pharmacy Voice backs MP’s call for action on medicine delays
• Getting a grip on our own destiny as a profession is at heart of Pharmacy Voice, says NPA chairman
• Pharmacy Voice lobbies Lords on Health Reforms
• Pharmacy Voice responds to Open Public Services consultation

September 2011

• GPhC is first regulator to come before Pharmacy Voice scrutiny panel
• New NHS pharmacy service will cut medicines waste and improve health
• Pharmacy Voice distributes its latest ‘think-piece’ document
• New guide produced to support local authorities identify good local sources of clinical information
• Pharmacy Voice convenes Local Government roundtable
• Pharmacy Voice lobbies MPs as Health & Social Care Bill enters critical stage

August 2011

• Pharmacy Voice welcomes the appointment of Ash Soni as joint-lead of new public health workstream
• PSNC, RPS and Pharmacy Voice issue joint response to the ‘review of the procurement of seasonal flu
• Pharmacy Voice Chief Executive to co-chair new group to improve medicine use and cut wastage

July 2011

• Pharmacy Voice responds to new NHS Information Centre statistics
• Value-based pricing must not place further stress on the medicines supply chain warns Pharmacy Voice
• Sunday Observer coverage of medicines supply delays

June 2011

• Pharmacy bodies join together to represent community pharmacy at LGA’s national conference
• Pharmacy Voice responds to the GPhC’s consultation on the extemporaneous preparation of methadone
• Government acknowledges pharmacists’ role as an important source of expert advice
• Pharmacy Voice welcomes Government’s promise to make key changes to the Health and Social Care Bill
• Pharmacy Voice says NHS Future Forum report is common sense prospectus for reform
• Pharmacy Voice warns against NHS reform drift as PM repeats status quo is not an option

May 2011

• Lansley says “no profession can be left out” in NHS reforms
• Pharmacy Voice tells NHS Future Forum about ‘unique reach’ of community pharmacy
• Pharmacy Voice says politics must not crowd out fundamentals of NHS reform
• Immediate and concerted action is essential to make New Medicine Service a success
• Pharmacy Voice welcomes Government open mind on medicines supply public service obligation
• Pharmacy Voice calls on government to explore legislation to tackle medicine delays

April 2011

• Pharmacy Voice welcomes pharmacy place on NHS reform Future Forum
• Methadone call for evidence
• Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) skilled shortages enquiry
• Pharmacy Voice respond to news that pharmacy will not be represented on the Future Forum
• Pharmacy Voice board agrees plan of action for 2011
• Pharmacy Voice concerned over delay in market entry consultation
• Pharmacy Voice responds to the Department of Health’s consultations
• Pharmacy Voice warns about limits of localism as MPs recommend local commissioning of primary care
• Pharmacy Voice welcomes Lansley’s pause for reflection on NHS reforms

March 2011

• Definition of private sector is blurry, survey reveals

February 2011

• Pharmacy tsar hails Pharmacy Voice launch as a “momentous day”
• Slideback of summary care records is unwelcome says Pharmacy Voice
• Pharmacy Voice launches with an open invitation to help shape the future
• Pharmacy Voice welcomes common sense approach to Vetting and Barring Scheme
• Pharmacy Voice welcomes medicines supply guidance as a useful first step

January 2011

• Health Bill: GPs can’t deliver reform programme by themselves, says Pharmacy Voice
• Pharmacy Voice responds to the Department of Health’s Consultation: ‘An Information Revolution.’
• Pharmacy Voice responds to the Department of Health’s Greater Choice and Control consultation
• Outreach to GPs and local authorities is critical for pharmacy, Rob Darracott tells School of Pharma
• Don’t blame the worried well, says Pharmacy Voice
• Pharmacy Voice encourages health professionals to work together…

December 2010

• Pharmacy Voice responds to Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s draft regulations and schedules