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April 2026, Vol 316, No 8008

Table of contents

Top news stories

Announcements & Tributes

Top news stories

Close up of someone opening blister packet of pills

Antidepressant recalled after pack found to contain wrong drug

An image of the entrance to HMP Thameside

Coroner raises concern over prescribing errors following prison death

Health minister Zubir Ahmed speaks at a parliamentary event

Minister acknowledges ‘challenge’ of low UK medicines pricing

A healthcare professional gives a patient and injection in their arm

Manufacturer to warn of fatal adverse reactions from blood-clotting drug and anaesthetic mix-ups

The green sign outside of a community pharmacy

Dispensing remains highest priority for pharmacies among the public, survey shows

woman holding hands, suggestive of pain

Dysaesthesia added to semaglutide side effects list

A scientist holds a urine sample for analysis

‘Game-changing’ urine test could identify correct antibiotic for UTI within hours

Features

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The long road to replacing animals in pharmaceutical research

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Does the big increase in drug price concessions indicate medicines shortages?

The Royal College of Pharmacy: a new era

A collage of images of RCPharm, including the original building, painting of first female president, early editions and the current building

The history of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

Meningitis vaccinations being given to students after the recent outbreak. woman with glasses on the left reading from a checklist to a male student on the right (both wearing masks). Surrounded by vaccination equipment

Everything you need to know about meningitis B

Opinion

PJ view: The success of the royal college is a joint responsibility

Round image of Amira looking serious in a shirt and blazer on a white background

Pharmacy research must help shape the profession’s next chapter

Purple hand turns a pharmacy green dial, the arrow pointing to the rightmost segment

From competence to confidence: supporting foundation trainees to become culturally competent independent prescribers

Green pharmacy cross on a light green background with silhouettes of women beneath

Mapping the landscape: an insight into women’s health pharmacy staffing across the UK

Paul Bennett and Karen Baxter: ‘15 April 2026 isn’t the end of this story — it’s just the foundation stone’

Yellow background with black line drawing of a male pharmacist holding a stack of books and notes, yellow lines try to make contact with the notes but stop just short

What pharmacists do not document, the healthcare system cannot value

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Genomics implementation in practice: opportunities, progress and challenges

Learning, CPD & Research

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Addressing ethnic inequities in medication adherence

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Adverse effects of CAR T-cell therapy for non-specialist teams

Packs of isotretinoin 20mg soft capsules with warning label in red and an image of pregnant women with a red line across it

Isotretinoin use: best practice

Image showing an elderly man having a pharmacy consultation. In the foreground are the words

How pharmacists can implement effective health coaching in everyday practice

Sick boy coughing in bed and parent resting hand on chest of child

Recognition and management of whooping cough

Your Royal College of Pharmacy

Emily Kennedy, the Royal College of Pharmacy's new head of professional standards, guidance and patient safety.

Royal College of Pharmacy appoints head of professional standards and patient safety

Royal College of Pharmacy marked with launch event to thank outgoing leaders

Photo of Tase Oputu looking warmly at the camera

Royal College of Pharmacy now established in ‘defining moment’ for profession

A pharmacist hands a prescription to a patient

First minister visits pharmacy in Highlands

Catherine smiles with her arms crossed in front of her, grey background

RPS Charter Award given for pharmacist’s ‘global impact’

Justine smiles wearing glasses, her hair down and sitting in an office

Director of pharmacy appointed for Royal College of Pharmacy

Letters

Announcements & Tributes