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Pharmacy Technology8 Aug 2026

Choosing a PMR for a medicinal cannabis pharmacy: what the software must handle and how Dataforge PMR does it

Choose a PMR for a CBPM pharmacy: ten criteria covering batch traceability, controlled drug support and specials records, with Dataforge's honest answers.

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Compliance8 Aug 2026

DCB0160 for pharmacies: what deploying clinical software actually requires of you

Your supplier's DCB0129 is not your DCB0160. What the deploying organisation must do, who can be Clinical Safety Officer, and what to ask before signing.

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Guides8 Aug 2026

The annual pharmacy compliance calendar: every deadline in one place

Every regulatory date UK pharmacies must hit in 2026: GPhC fees, DSPT, ICO renewal, revalidation and submission deadlines, in one working calendar.

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Guides8 Aug 2026

The MenB vaccination service explained: eligibility, the 28-day gap, and the September deadline

A one-off Advanced service with a March end date and an August operating window. Eligibility, the 28-day interval, the dispersal problem and delivery requirements.

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Pharmacy Technology7 Aug 2026

Choosing a PMR for a weight management clinic: verification, titration and the review that must happen

Verification as evidence, dose history as a sequence, interval-driven reviews. Ten criteria to score any vendor against, and why to test with an eighteen-month patient.

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Guides7 Aug 2026

Connecting your PMR to your website: APIs, webhooks and what to ask for

PMR and website integration for UK online pharmacy: embedded clinical assessments, orders flowing into the record and the end of re-keying risk.

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Compliance6 Aug 2026

GPhC fees from September 2026: what you'll pay, and the renewal change that catches owners out

Pharmacist £310, technician £146, premises £441 from September. Plus the June renewal changes that make a missed premises renewal, and closure, far likelier.

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Compliance6 Aug 2026

Patient Data Security for Pharmacy Owners: A Non-Technical Briefing

Protect patient data in a UK pharmacy: UK GDPR duties, supplier due diligence, breach response and the six questions to put to every software vendor.

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Guides6 Aug 2026

Serious Shortage Protocols explained: when you can substitute without ringing the prescriber

What an SSP permits, how it differs from a supply notification, the three conditions including patient agreement, endorsement, and when to decline.

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Compliance6 Aug 2026

What the diazepam convictions teach about the illegal supply boundary

Four jailed over an online diazepam operation linked to 9.5m doses: the MDA and HMR offences, MHRA enforcement methods and the drift modes pharmacies must avoid.

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Market Entry4 Aug 2026

Adding aesthetics to a pharmacy: the rules that actually apply in 2026

The licensing scheme is not in force. What is law now, the three entry routes, the named-patient supply rule, and why you cannot advertise Botox.

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Insights4 Aug 2026

Business rates for pharmacies 2026: the RHL multiplier you may not be getting

Chemists qualify for the lower retail multiplier, worth £5 per £1,000 of rateable value a year. How to check your bill applied it, and why online units may not qualify.

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Guides4 Aug 2026

Price concessions explained: why you dispense at a loss, and what actually fixes it

Why the loss is structural, how Category M and the Drug Tariff work, what a concession does and does not fix, and the reporting that produces one. Figures to July 2026.

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Compliance4 Aug 2026

Why pharmacies fail GPhC inspections: what 2,197 inspection outcomes reveal

87.5% met all 26 standards. The seven that account for most failures, the ownership gradient hitting independents hardest, and what inspectors actually write.

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Guides3 Aug 2026

Choosing a payment provider for a pharmacy website: the criteria that matter

The one-line filter, ten criteria, effective-rate maths, MIT billing mechanics, the Shopify gateway constraint and the contract clauses to negotiate.

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Market Entry3 Aug 2026

NHS or private: what actually differs between an NHS pharmacy and a private online pharmacy

NHS dispensing contract or private online pharmacy? Revenue models, margins, regulation and the seven-point comparison for founders deciding in 2026.

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Guides3 Aug 2026

The best payment providers for pharmacy websites selling online in 2026: a named comparison

Mollie, PayPal, Stripe and the specialist acquirers compared for UK online pharmacies: stances at July 2026, verdicts by scenario and the approval file.

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Compliance3 Aug 2026

Weight-loss medicines: the verification duties the demand data just made urgent

One in five weight-loss medicine users has no prescriber. The six verification gates, the GPhC's Feb 2025 rules, prescriber independence and the evidence pack.

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Insights1 Aug 2026

The oral GLP-1 era begins: what the Wegovy pill changes for pharmacy

The Wegovy pill launched 6 July 2026: day-one prices from £66, the adherence asterisk, counterfeit pressure and where pharmacies actually win.

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Insights1 Aug 2026

Why every online pharmacy is a high-risk merchant, and what that costs you

Visa and Mastercard treat card-not-present pharmacy as high-risk: MCC 5912 registration, certification, reserves, the freeze scenario and the moat it builds.

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Guides31 Jul 2026

Pharmacy First two years in: the thresholds, the caps, and making the service pay

The £500 and £1,000 thresholds work as cliffs, not slopes. How the caps limit upside, which gateway services guard the payment, and the prescribing economics.

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Insights31 Jul 2026

Pharmacy in 2027: the dates already in the diary, and what they mean for owners

What is confirmed for late 2026 and 2027, the reform programme that will decide the economics, and four expectations stated as judgement rather than forecast.

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Compliance30 Jul 2026

DCB0129 for pharmacy software buyers: the questions to ask your supplier

DCB0129 clinical safety for pharmacy software buyers: what the standard requires, the documents every vendor must produce and the questions to ask them.

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Compliance30 Jul 2026

Patient reviews and pharmacy law: what you may ask for, display and reply to

What the DMCC banned in 2025, when a testimonial becomes a medicines advertisement, replying without breaching confidentiality, and where enforcement now stands.

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