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Coroner raises concerns following opioid overdose after hospital discharge letter was lost

A patient was given both his new and previously prescribed opioid medication, leading to an overdose, a report from the coroner for the City of Sunderland found.…

Published: 28 October 2025

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Peter Frederick Cooper (1944–2025)

On 12 September 2025, Peter Frederick Cooper MPharmS, aged 81 years, of Kelso, Scotland. Mr Cooper registered with the Society in 1969. Tribute Peter F Cooper, a graduate of Manchester and Strathclyde Schools of Pharmacy who worked around the world in regulatory affairs and as a locu…

Published: 28 October 2025

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Focus on early stages of supply chain to address medicines shortages, study finds

Researchers said that other contributing factors to global supply issues were poor forecasting based on “outdated” prescription data and procurement policies.…

Published: 27 October 2025

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NHS England tells care boards to ‘maximise’ Pharmacy First in planning guidance

Under NHS England’s multi-year planning framework, integrated care boards must also introduce prescribing-based services into community pharmacies in 2026/2027.…

Published: 27 October 2025

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NICE approves treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could ‘benefit 6,000 patients’

Guidance says darolutamide blocks hormones that fuel cancer growth by removing testosterone from cancer cells in patients living with advanced prostate cancer.…

Published: 27 October 2025

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MHRA raids illegal weight-loss jab production line worth more than £250,000

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has told The Pharmaceutical Journal that the site of the raid is the first illicit production facility for weight-loss medicine discovered in the UK.…

Published: 24 October 2025

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HRT prescribing increases by 370% in past decade

Data from the NHS Business Services Authority also show that in 2024/2025, the number of patients who were prescribed hormone replacement therapy almost tripled compared to 2015/2016.…

Published: 24 October 2025

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More than one-third of people in Scotland used Pharmacy First in 2024/2025

A report by Public Health Scotland also revealed that in 2024/2025, the number of people who used Pharmacy First Scotland at least once in year increased by more than 50% compared with 2021/2022.…

Published: 24 October 2025

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Health news round-up: newborns, hormones and a colour-changing label to help spot heat damage

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news you may have missed.…

Published: 24 October 2025

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Jhoots boss says he is selling stores to pay staff wages

Exclusive: Sarbjit Singh Jhooty has told The Pharmaceutical Journal that he is selling and remortgaging his pharmacy stores as it is “the only way” he can pay staff wages.…

Published: 23 October 2025