| “Make every contact count”, says Future Forum ... fessionals. Pharmacy Voice welcomed the report’s recognition of pharmacy’s valuable role, but warned that a “radical shift” in pharmacy funding is required to turn these recommendations into reality. numark welcomed pharmacy’s recognition as a potential behaviour influence opportunity, but warned that tact, diplomacy and common sense should prevail. Date: 03-05-2012 Categories: • Pharma Industry News |
| The Pharmacist February 2015 ... i-prescription fraud campaign · Roundtable: E-cigarette manufacturers V2 and Nicocig discuss the products place in pharmacy with senior figures from Lloyds, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, numark and Public Health England · Regular: PSNC outlines the highlights of the 2014/15 funding settlement · Regular: Sex therapist Emma Ziff urges you to have conversations about sex with ... Date: 04-11-2014 Categories: • Publications |
| New MUR for heart disease ... ied out by pharmacies every year should be on patients from the target groups – a target that is set to rise to at least 70% of MURS carried out every financial year starting April 2015. Director of numark pharmacy services, Mimi Lau welcomed the additions of a new MUR and said: “It is claimed a third of prescriptions are for cardiovascular disease with more than 65 million prescriptions annually for h ... Date: 15-12-2014 Categories: • News • Pharmacy Practice • Practice and policy |
| Pharmacists’ outrage at prescription fraud plan ... this will disrupt and distort the relationship between pharmacist and patient, affecting the trust that currently exists and instead creating a culture of fear and uncertainty.” Managing director of numark Pharmacy, John D’Arcy, also noted concern over the potential damage to the pharmacist/patient relationship caused by the government move. He said: “It is absolutely right steps should be taken to cla ... Date: 07-01-2015 Categories: • News • Pharmacy Practice • Practice and policy • Primary care update |
| Product changes confuses pharmacists numark pharmacy has received numerous calls about the status of Cavilon since the start of the year because of changes introduced by the manufacturer. The wound barrier dressing has been mistaken as being e ... Date: 08-01-2015 Categories: • News • Pharmacy Practice • Practice and policy |
| The future of e-cigarettes ... ision as to whether they stock the devices. When we spoke to a number of companies, we were told the best one out there was the one that Boots stocked; the one that Lloyds stocked; or the one that numark stocked – and they were all different. I’m an independent pharmacist; I have no mechanism to test which one of the three really is the best. Why is it that there isn’t an agreement between the major ... Date: 19-02-2015 Categories: • Roundtable |
| Weekly Feature: Getting the Message ... gh many pharmacies will be familiar with marketing product, as pharmacy’s focus is now services, we need to promote our service offering.” So how do you go about this? According to Mandeep Mudhar, numark’s director of marketing, you’re probably doing it already, without even realising: “Every time you mention your business, you are involved in marketing yourselves to your local community, [and] local ... Date: 23-11-2015 Categories: • News |
| Weekly Feature: Getting the Message - CaseStudy In the final instalment of our marketing special, we take a look at the theory in practice. Pharmacist Harpreet Kullar is co-director of the Seaton Healthcare chain of numark member pharmacies in the North East of England – which offer a range of services including cholesterol testing, flu vaccines, blood pressure testing, methadone dispensing, weight management and smoki ... Date: 26-11-2015 Categories: • News |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: Out of hours; numark; Pharmacy Voice; Chronic lung disease ... Primary Care OOH review. 28 recommendations made by Scotland's out-of-hours report, review led by Sir Lewis Ritchie. https://t.co/jIRHIrNEw3 — Chris Williams (@DrChrisWilliams) November 30, 2015 numark training in medication delivery Employees of numark’s member pharmacies will be offered a ‘Delivering Medication’ training module. The training is part of a free programme focused on the essen ... Date: 03-12-2015 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: numark; Inverness pharmacy; NHS culture change; Middle-class children; Social care numark responds to e-cig prescriptions Pharmacists have been left in a quandary following the news that e-cigarettes will be available on prescription from 2016 onwards. The comment was made by managi ... Date: 10-12-2015 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: Shkreli; numark; Ebola; Alcohol; Zika; Dentists; STIs ... ties fraud charges. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals files for bankruptcy in wake of Shkreli arrest: https://t.co/6P17iwdBig pic.twitter.com/EPjGTwv44C — Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) December 30, 2015 numark offers funding cuts advice numark has announced a toolkit for its members to assist with raising local awareness of the planned cuts to pharmacy funding. The kit includes information on making contac ... Date: 05-01-2016 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| Vitamin D-Day ... eggs, fortified fat spreads, fortified breakfast cereals and some powdered milks. In an ideal world, most people would be able to get all the vitamin D they need this way, but as Michael Stewart, numark information pharmacist, points out: “Basically in this country there is not enough sunshine of sufficient strength and duration for anyone to make enough vitamin D, and it is also hard to get suffici ... Date: 11-01-2016 Categories: • News |
| numark supports pharmacists who risk losing £15k a year A toolkit to support pharmacists in the fight against government cuts has been launched by numark. The kit includes information on making contact with both the media and MPs, template letters and press releases. In a letter from numark’s head office members are warned the funding cut will s ... Date: 22-01-2016 Categories: • News • Practice and policy |
| Money down a black hole We caught up with John D'Arcy, the managing director of numark, to find out exactly what he thinks about the government's proposal that hub-and-spoke dispensing will result in efficiencies for community pharmacy. Watch it here: Date: 02-02-2016 Categories: • News • Practice and policy |
| Vulnerable patients ‘the ultimate losers’ of funding cuts Patients risk losing valuable free services including prescription collection, delivery and MDS in the wake of “clueless” £170m cuts to the sector, a numark survey reveals. Responses from members show 62% are ‘likely’ or ‘highly likely’ to stop offering the additional assistance, while 57% said they were ‘highly likely’ to cut staffing costs to help p ... Date: 19-02-2016 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| The end of the retail era: Omni-channel opportunity ... y introducing click and collect, which have really brought our omni-channel approach to life.” Competition time So, should independents try to compete with other retailers? Cathy Crossthwaite, numark’s marketing co-ordinator, believes they can and they should: “Independent pharmacies should definitely compete with multiple and supermarket pharmacies on retail goods and services, and they can do i ... Date: 08-03-2016 Categories: • News |
| The end of the retail era: Patient motivation ... ts gave up on retail and instead concentrated on the professional side of their businesses? Ross Ferguson investigates. Missed yesterday’s episode? Click here Patient motivation According to numark, patients’ motivation and decision making processes differ depending on the product type they are searching for. Some require more brand loyalty while others are price focussed, with some purchase ... Date: 09-03-2016 Categories: • News |
| NEWS IN BRIEF: numark HLP Resources; Closures; Leading Scientist Dies; Male Contraceptive Pill; Sexual Health Clinic; Menopause numark launches HLP resources for members numark has published a series of free online resources to support its members with gaining Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) Level 1 self-accreditation which is exp ... Date: 14-03-2016 Categories: • News • News in Brief |
| Dementia on the agenda for pharmacists Pharmacists are being encouraged to improve their understanding of Alzheimer’s ahead of Dementia Awareness Week in May. With 850,000 people in the UK currently diagnosed with the condition, numark has teamed up with Alzheimer’s Research UK to distribute resources to its members. The pack includes 20 copies of an eight-page patient leaflet, 10 ‘postcards’ advertising the leading dementia cha ... Date: 04-04-2016 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Pharmacy persuades Tory MP to take worries to parliament ... m the Minister with responsibility for pharmacy, Alastair Burt.” The meeting drew together patients, who detailed their own experiences of community pharmacy, and John D’Arcy, managing director of numark, the buying group to which Wessex Pharmacies belongs. Mitchell said: “I explained to Mr Chope that we have provided a highly professional, caring and life-saving service to our wonderful patients ... Date: 26-04-2016 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| 'Sorely missed': Sector reacts after PSNC chief exec steps down ... yet also understands the pharmacy front line and cares deeply about what happens to contractors, pharmacy staff and patients. 'She is an exceptionally capable leader who will be sorely missed.' numark numark called for a 'high calibre' candidate to take over the 'instrumental' role in the current climate of cuts and uncertainty for the sector. Managing director, John D’Arcy (pictured ... Date: 10-05-2017 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| Sector reacts: Judicial review judgement ... ew legal principle has been established, which will help protect those vulnerable communities. This means that the legacy of this case will influence DH and other decision makers for years to come.' numark reaction: 'A devastating blow for community pharmacy' Commenting on the outcome, John D’Arcy, managing director of numark, said: 'The verdict is a devastating blow for community pharmacy. We were un ... Date: 18-05-2017 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| numark managing director to step down numark's managing director is to retire from his post early next year, after a decade with the company. John D'Arcy, who has 37 years' experience in pharmacy, will step down at the end of January 2018, N ... Date: 18-07-2017 Categories: • News |
| Pharmacists take to Twitter after extra 15p advance payments promise ... n) October 24, 2017 ‘Simply not enough’ But many also agreed that the extra 15p wouldn’t be enough to solve the funding cuts set out by the Government for 2016/17 and 2017/18. John D’Arcy, numark’s managing director called the increase a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction. He said: ‘The reality is that pharmacists are struggling, in the main, as a result of the unilateral cut in funding imposed by Gover ... Date: 26-10-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| New numark managing director announced Pheonix sales director Jeremy Meader is to become the new managing director of independent support group numark. Mr Meader will succeed John D’Arcy in the post from 1 February, the company announced today (8 November). Mr D’Arcy announced his intention to step down as managing director in July after a de ... Date: 08-11-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Pharmacists welcome move towards decriminalisation ... y staff were not ‘acting professionally’. Long-awaited change Pharmacy representative bodies have argued for a long time to see changes in the law. John D’Arcy, outgoing managing director of numark, said: ‘This has been a long time coming but is much needed to remove a significant practice burden from pharmacists and their teams created by an anachronistic legal provision. ‘The change in the ... Date: 15-11-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Yet more empty promises from the powers that be. Enough is enough. Community pharmacists are sick to the back teeth of being quietly sidelined by pharmacy bigwigs, argues Mandeep Mudhar, director of marketing and development at numark I’ve been reflecting following the All-Parliamentary Pharmacy Group (APPG) meeting last month where the heavyweights of the political world of pharmacy turned up. Pharmacy minister Steve Brine, ch ... Date: 04-12-2017 Categories: • Latest News • Views |
| How a shop refit could benefit your pharmacy business Revamping your premises often involves more than a lick of paint. But the advantages are numerous, says numark’s marketing co-ordinator – retail, Cathy Crossthwaite In recent years, community pharmacy has become much more hands-on by getting involved in clinical services and working more closely with GPs a ... Date: 14-12-2017 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Setting up a Meningitis B service The popularity of this vaccination service has rocketed in recent years. It’s time for community pharmacy to get in on the action, says Laura Reed, head of professional development at numark Key learning points Find out if a Meningitis B vaccination service will be viable in your area before planning to offer one Make sure that the whole team receives adequate and appropriate ... Date: 20-12-2017 Categories: • Clinical • News |
| Sector welcomes Hunt’s call to reduce medication error deaths ... ny treatment they provide. ‘Pharmacists can play a key role in supporting patients to reduce medicine errors, particularly working with GPs, to improve prescribing.’ ‘Highest levels of care’ numark managing director Jeremy Meader argued that despite increasing prescription volumes year on year paralleled with severe funding cuts, ‘pharmacists and their staff continue to provide the highest leve ... Date: 23-02-2018 Categories: • Latest News • News • Pharmacy Practice |
| GPhC proposes unannounced premises inspections to ensure pharmacies 'meet standards every day' ... hat pharmacies are meeting standards that ensure the provision of safe and effective services’, said GPhC chair Nigel Clarke. ‘More intuitive and robust process’ Independent support group numark said that the proposed introduction of intelligence led and themed inspections means there is likely to be a ‘more intuitive and robust process’. It added: ‘Indeed, their move to unannounced inspe ... Date: 17-05-2018 Categories: • Analysis • Latest News • News • Pharmacy Practice |
| Scottish contract protects against ‘fluctuating’ medicines pricing, says numark The new Scottish community pharmacy contract protects pharmacists against ‘continuously fluctuating’ medicines prices, an independent pharmacy support group has said. numark managing director Jeremy Meader said that an inbuilt 'clawback mechanism' that will be adjusted if the market sees further deterioration, Scottish contractors will be able to decrease their reliance ... Date: 18-06-2018 Categories: • Analysis • Latest News • News |
| Should you set up a smoking cessation service in your pharmacy? ... ation and Training (NCSCT), and is focused on providing the core knowledge and skills to deliver effective behavioural support to patients who want to quit. Laura Reed, patient services manager at numark, says this training can largely be completed online now, but she recommends undertaking a face-to-face training where possible, because it gives an opportunity to put those skills into practice. T ... Date: 13-09-2018 Categories: • Clinical • Smoking cessation |
| How to set up a weight-management service in your pharmacy ... ourself to it, which a number of pharmacies have done very successfully.’ Focus on health, not weight Lucy Morris, the services facilitator at the community pharmacy network numark, agrees that an obsession with weight loss is not helpful. ‘Where an individual has recognised that they want to achieve a healthy BMI, that is not necessarily just about losing weight – that’s about ... Date: 21-11-2018 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| Funding overhaul needed to make Long Term Plan pharmacy ambitions a reality, say pharmacy bodies ... o being involved in the ongoing conversations about how community pharmacy can make its full contribution to meeting the challenges outlined in the plan.’ Funding must align numark managing director Jeremy Meader welcomed the document’s recognition of pharmacy’s skill base but called for more pharmacy funding to help the sector achieve the aims set out in the plan. ‘Now is t ... Date: 08-01-2019 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| What do community pharmacists really think of unannounced inspections? ... be unannounced’, the GPhC has said, and will be conducted in response to specific information received from other regulators or health professionals, for example, or from the public and the media. numark’s head of patient services, Rajshri Owen, says the organisation is in favour of this type of inspection because it will enable the GPhC to respond more quickly where ‘concerns have been raised about ... Date: 11-03-2019 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| Welsh Government to invest £3.6m in multi-sector pre-reg training ... hile more pharmacists are needed to meet increasing patient demand with a ‘multi-professional approach’ to healthcare. An ‘expanding role’ Independent pharmacy support group numark said the investment will ‘revolutionise’ pre-registration training. A numark spokesperson said: ‘The announcement is a clear move towards endorsing the future clinical and expanding role of pharma ... Date: 18-04-2019 Categories: • News |
| Global sum upped by £2.6m in Scottish contract 2019/20 ... rvices for patients such as the extended minor ailment service, which should be ready to roll out in April 2020 Longer funding assurance would have been preferable numark’s head of professional and patient services Rajshri Owen commented: ‘Although this is a one-year commitment, numark recognises that although a year of stability and predictability is an advantage, a ... Date: 26-04-2019 Categories: • Latest News • More News • News |
| On my patch – Scotland: ‘GP practices have taken some valuable pharmacists away from community’ ... and impetigo Scottish Community pharmacy funding stands at a total of £224.659 for 2019/20, although CPS said it was ‘not quite the deal it wanted’ Last year, independent pharmacy support group numark encouraged the rest of the UK to ‘aspire to the Scottish model’ Date: 12-07-2019 Categories: • Interviews • News • Views |
| Forget the 'French model', Mr Hancock - the answer is much closer to home ... years of flat funding will do little to improve matters. Pharmacy sector is already looking up to Scotland, and increasingly Wales, as its gold standard. Indeed, independent pharmacy support group numark called for the rest of the UK to ‘aspire to the Scottish model’ just last year. So, Mr Hancock – there’s no need to be a pharmacy Francophile. You don’t have to venture far from home to find servi ... Date: 31-07-2019 Categories: • Views |
| How has the sector reacted to plans to raise premises fees? ... armacy contractors comes at a particularly difficult time when businesses are already facing significant financial challenges from a combination of rising costs, capacity issues and flat funding.’ numark: Proposals ‘difficult to justify’ Independent pharmacy support group numark said the proposed increase in premises fees ‘will be incomprehensible for many independent contractors’. A spokesper ... Date: 08-01-2020 Categories: • Analysis • Latest News • More News • News |
| Pharmacy contract: the sector reacts ... acity. The wellbeing of the workforce needs to be a priority to ensure they can deliver on this deal. We would like to see this integrated into future agreements between PSNC, NHSE&I and DHSC. numark: ‘It will improve the relationship between primary and secondary care’ A numark spokesperson said they welcomed the DMS and also highlighted suggestions on how to ensure the service lasts. ‘We ... Date: 25-02-2020 Categories: • Latest News • News |
| Community pharmacists hit out at online pharmacy Facebook ads ... e ad has since been taken down by Echo, but ran for 4 days between the 26 August and 30 August 2020, according to Facebook. Echo Pharmacy Facebook advert Jeremy Meader, managing director at numark, said on LinkedIn last week that ‘the latest Echo Facebook ad feels like a kick in the teeth for local community pharmacy’. He added that the advert appears to be ‘actively encouraging patients no ... Date: 17-09-2020 Categories: • News |
| Flu service: 'Our Perspex vaccination screen is certainly a talking point' ... last two years. I have revisited the Declaration of Competence on the CPPE website, and I read through all my PGDs and signed then off. We also had a briefing with our team and they undertook a numark online flu jab training course. Are there any opportunities to sell over the counter or prescription products during the consultation or after it? We have been extremely busy giving ... Date: 29-09-2020 Categories: • Vaccination |
| Travel health service: 'If you want to increase revenue it's a good place to start' ... ted an online training for travel vaccinations and a training on administering vaccinations, so that they can run the consultations and administer the vaccinations. All counter staff have done their numark training on helping to identify patients. The majority of our customers are coming to us asking for this service, so the counter staff have to take the patient’s details and then refer them to the ph ... Date: 08-02-2021 Categories: • Clinical Ambassadors • Travel health services |
| numark and Rowlands’ parent company acquires online pharmacy ... and into the growing digital pharmacy market. Phoenix UK announced today (12 March) that it had acquired the service for an undisclosed sum and said it would ‘take it to the next level through its numark and Rowlands network’. The Co-op Health service enables people to order medication via an app or online for collection at a pharmacy or for home delivery, Phoenix UK said. It added that the acq ... Date: 12-03-2021 Categories: • News |
| Travel health: 'The service increases footfall as well as revenue' ... PGD. What, if any, training did you or other team members have to undergo? We already have vaccination skills as we offer flu jabs and have been doing Covid vaccinations as well. We are numark members and so were able to access free training from them on how to set up a travel clinic, which was very informative. In a nutshell, what does the service involve? People usually com ... Date: 17-05-2021 Categories: • Vaccinations and infections |
| numark pilots heart health service across 50 pharmacies numark has launched a new heart health service across 50 member pharmacies and Rowlands pharmacies in northern England. The new free service, named Heart Health Check, will provide patients with a cardio ... Date: 18-05-2021 Categories: • News |
| Well Pharmacy board director to replace Mark Bather at Rowlands ... to be able to be part of its future.’ Earlier this year, PHOENIX UK announced it had bought online prescription service Co-op Health and said it planned to ‘take it to the next level’ through its numark and Rowlands network. Date: 01-06-2021 Categories: • News |
| Phoenix renames Co-op Health ‘Hey Pharmacist’ ... aunch of an app alongside plans to launch a collection service by Christmas. The rebranded app, now known as 'Hey Pharmacist', was made available to customers earlier this month in a bid to help numark compete with distance selling pharmacies also hopes to offer patients the convenience of buying products online ‘with access to local pharmacy – reinforcing the link between the patient and their loc ... Date: 26-07-2021 Categories: • News |
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