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24 May '13

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Global NewsDouble celebration

THERE were celebrations for two colleagues at the Co-op Pharmacy in Llandeilo, when they were presented with awards for their services. Kathleen Meader received flowers to mark 30 ...

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Global NewsPharmacist takes charity plunge

CO-OPERATIVE Group pharmacist Tack Lai took the plunge to raise hundreds of pounds for charity - from 10,000 ft. Tack, pharmacy manager at the Co-op Pharmacy in Countisbury ...

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Global NewsUnited's pharmacies start trial

POINT of Care testing has been launched at the Reddish Central, Stockport pharmacy of United Co-operatives as part of a pilot scheme in the Greater Manchester area, which also ...

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Global NewsUnited's pharmacies start trial

POINT of Care testing has been launched at the Reddish Central, Stockport pharmacy of United Co-operatives as part of a pilot scheme in the Greater Manchester area, which also ...

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Global NewsA climb for life

CO-OP Pharmacy worker Peter Hamilton will be swapping Kirkintilloch for Kathmandu, when he embarks on a charity trek in the Himalayas. Peter, a pre-registration pharmacist at the ...

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United KingdomCo-op first to offer electronic prescriptions

CO-OPERATIVE Group Pharmacy has become the first major chain to install an Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) across its branch network – heralding the end of paper prescriptions written by GPs. All 260 Co-operative Group Pharmacy branches in England are now connected to the network ready for the wider roll-out of EPS. In addition, all 39 Scottish branches are connected to a similar system, eMAS (electronic minor ailments scheme). EPS means pharmacists can get instant access to ...

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United KingdomUnited's tribute to cleared pharmacist

UNITED Co-operatives has expressed their delight after one of the society's pharmacists, Ghislane Brant, was cleared of unprofessional conduct during the infamous Harold Shipman affair. Mrs Brant (47), who managed the former Battersby's chemist shop in Hyde even before it was acquired by United around ten years ago, was criticised by Dame Janet Smith's Shipman Inquiry last year for allegedly "falling below the standards of a competent, conscientious pharmacist" by handing ...

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Global NewsCo-op Pharmacy's e-prescription first

THE Co-op Pharmacy in Keighley is the first pharmacy in the UK to introduce a groundbreaking new system for electronic prescriptions. The pharmacy is working with doctors at a ...

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Global NewsRecord breakers

UNITED Co-op Healthcare has burst through the ten million mark for the first time. That's the number of prescriptions dispensed by the 127-strong group of community ...

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Global NewsTraining needed after Government changes

WEST MIDLANDS Co-op has made a substantial investment in staff training in preparation for nationwide changes in pharmacy services. The Government's new Pharmacy Contract, which will reward pharmacists for the range and quality of services they provide rather than the volume of medicines they dispense, will be introduced in April. One new service under the new contract will be Medicines Use Reviews. This will allow accredited pharmacists to carry out an individual review of a patient's ...

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