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OPERA 2025: Smita Salunke

Introducing the second member of the OPERA 2025 shortlist, Smita Salunke, senior research fellow at the UCL School of Pharmacy.…

Published: 24 June 2025

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OPERA 2025: Jennifer Stevenson

Introducing the first member of the OPERA 2025 shortlist, Jennifer Stevenson, lead pharmacist for older adults at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and an honorary senior lecturer at King’s College London.…

Published: 23 June 2025

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Spending review 2025: providers urge government to invest in primary care

Pharmacy leaders argue the latest government spending review allocations represent a “missed opportunity to put pharmacies first”.…

Published: 20 June 2025

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‘It just wasn’t viable’: the safety crisis facing patients with sensory impairments

A report has highlighted how medicines and devices routinely fail people with sight and hearing loss. Experts hope it will finally prompt action from across the health service, including pharmacists.…

Published: 18 June 2025

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Pharmacy Inside Jobs: ADHD assessment and management

In this episode of Pharmacy Inside Jobs, Gurmat Khangura talks about how he has brought his skills and experience as a pharmacist to his role assessing and managing young people with neurodevelopmental conditions.…

Published: 4 June 2025

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Take-home naloxone: could community pharmacies be the answer to tackling drug deaths?

Legislation to widen access to the opioid antidote naloxone came into force in December 2024. Experts say the community pharmacy network could use these changes to make sure this life-saving medicine reaches those who need it.…

Published: 28 May 2025

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Funding gap: economic analysis paints dire picture of community pharmacy’s sustainability

An independent economic analysis has revealed that the cost of delivering community pharmacy NHS services in England far outstrips the funding available, even after the uplift agreed in the latest contract negotiations.…

Published: 21 May 2025

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Net zero: progress on reducing the environmental impact of medicines

Although some progress has been made towards reducing the carbon footprint of medicines within the NHS, experts say there needs to be more focus on medicines waste and disease prevention.…

Published: 14 May 2025

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Lost days: the unstemmed rise in mental health-related absences

There has been a significant rise in sickness absence for mental health reasons among hospital pharmacists in England over the past five years. What needs to change and where can NHS pharmacists access help in the meantime?…

Published: 30 April 2025

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Pharmacy Inside Jobs: prison pharmacy

In this episode of Pharmacy Inside Jobs, prison pharmacist Kaniksha Aggarwal talks about her career path and the opportunities and challenges in her current role.…

Published: 23 April 2025