Coroner warns private cannabis clinic after patient death
A prevention of future deaths report revealed that Curaleaf Clinic used “out-of-date” GP information to prescribe medicinal cannabis to a man who later took his own life.
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Morrisons pharmacist wins disability case against chain
A pharmacist working for Morrisons has won her disability claim against the supermarket chain after an employment tribunal heard that she “struggles through the day” at work.
Exclusive: Union seeks recognition at major Scots pharmacy chain
A trade union is “formally seeking recognition” at “one of Scotland’s biggest pharmacy chains” after it “refused” to engage in discussions, C+D can exclusively reveal.
Exclusive: Jhoots pharmacy owner announces immediate rebrand
The owner of a number of pharmacies trading under the Jhoots name has announced a rebrand to launch this month, C+D can exclusively reveal.
Exclusive: Allied went into Jhoots deal ‘blind’, says CEO
Earlier this month, Allied Pharmacies announced that it had “taken over the management of 60 Jhoots pharmacies” across England, with the “majority” of the locations “temporarily closed”.
Now, the company’s chief executive has revealed in an exclusive interview that it went into the deal “blind” and “not knowing how many” of the branches it will be able to get back up and running.
Exclusive: Unpaid Jhoots locum fees surpass £1m
The PDA has told C+D that its locum members are owed some £1.1m by Jhoots pharmacies and demanded “clarity” on who is “liable for the massive total debt owed to pharmacists”.
Exclusive: Allied to settle unpaid Jhoots staff wages ‘in full’ amid takeover
Allied Pharmacies has told C+D that it will cover the wages staff are owed by their former employer following the company’s recent purchase of 60 Jhoots branches.
Revealed: Everything we know about action against Jhoots
Find out everything we know so far about Jhoots contract removals, company disqualifications, enforcement action, administrators and unpaid wages…
Exclusive: Unpaid locums take legal action against Jhoots pharmacies
Jhoots Pharmacy businesses owned by Sarbjit Jhooty and Nilam Patel owe locum pharmacists a total of almost £1 million in unpaid fees, the Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has said.
Exclusive: Almost 750 weight loss jab concerns raised with GPhC this year
The pharmacy regulator has received 746 concerns relating to weight management since this January, C+D can exclusively reveal.
GPhC whistleblower disclosures rocket up 208% in a year
Whistleblowing disclosures made by pharmacy workers to the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) have risen by more than 200% since last year, a new report last week (September 25) revealed.
Pharmacies enlist campaign help amid weight loss ad warnings
Pharmacies are enlisting external PR and marketing support to manage campaigns around their weight loss services, amid soaring demand for weight loss jabs and warnings from industry regulators about “inappropriate” marketing of the drugs.
The young women choosing to go without contraception
Kate* had been with her boyfriend for two years when she became pregnant. The couple hadn’t been using birth control - but not because they were hoping for a baby. At 23, Kate didn’t want to conceive at all. She felt so uncomfortable using the contraceptive methods available to her that she had purposefully been going without, preferring to risk getting pregnant instead.
Ivermectin and Covid-19: how a cheap antiparasitic became political
In the year since the Covid-19 pandemic began, various unconventional treatments have been hailed as potential cures for the respiratory virus that has so far claimed over three million lives worldwide.
'Let down': calls for Gibraltar's Covid-delayed abortion vote to take place
Earlier this year, pro-choice activists in Gibraltar were hopeful that their territory’s abortion laws – the harshest in Europe – could soon be overturned.
Terminations are banned in the tiny British territory, even in the cases of rape, incest, or foetal abnormality where the foetus will not survive. Abortions are punishable by life imprisonment, except when the woman’s life is in danger.
Billionaires are betting on anti-ageing research, but can ageing really be cured?
Searching for the key to immortality may sound like the preoccupation of a superhero-movie villain, but a growing number of biotech companies – and billionaires with cash to spare – are investing in research that could prevent and reverse the ageing process in humans.
Lethal injection: can pharma kill the death penalty?
In October, Oklahoma prison inmate John Marion Grant was executed by a lethal injection. Strapped to a gurney, Grant convulsed and vomited – highly unusual for the procedure – after being given midazolam, a sedative and the first of three drugs that are usually administered for lethal injection. Grant was declared unconscious around 15 minutes after receiving the first injection and died roughly six minutes after that.
How lockdown is pushing women towards an alcohol crisis, with mums at the front
Two empty Dolmio sauce jars was all it took for the relief to kick in.
Spotting them in her recycling bin as she added her empties from the week, Anna, 47, can still recall how the sight of them made her feel.
‘I remember being so grateful they were in there and not just beer and wine bottles clanking around,’ explains the mum-of-two.
'I've never experienced anything so hard': Lockdown's impact on chronic pain sufferers
Lynsey Searle has lived with fibromyalgia, a condition causing widespread pain and extreme tiredness, for around five years. The counsellor, 42, has regular massages and chiropractic treatment but fears this option may soon be taken away.
East Lancashire, where she lives, remains under strict local lockdown after a surge in coronavirus cases.
Pharma’s reliance on horseshoe crabs is threatening the species
Horseshoe crabs are a species of marine arthropod that have existed for around 450 million years – but for over four decades, the creatures have also played a crucial role in human health.
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