News Almost half of pharmacy owners cut staff because of cost pressures in the past year, survey finds The results of Community Pharmacy Wales' annual pressure survey also showed that nearly two-thirds of community pharmacy contractors said their businesses' current financial position was worse than this time last year.…Published: 29 September 2026
News Negotiator says there is ‘very little evidence’ of pharmacy involvement in neighbourhood health plans Janet Morrison, chief executive of Community Pharmacy England, said she only knew of “two or three” cases where pharmacy was involved in the planning of new neighbourhood health services.…Published: 28 September 2026
News Community pharmacies receive ‘fairer’ funding in annual settlement Community Pharmacy Scotland said community pharmacies will receive a £8.5m uplift to the global sum, as well as an £10m increase to the guaranteed minimum reimbursement in 2026/2027.…Published: 28 September 2026
News Pharmacy ‘at the heart’ of Welsh government’s healthcare priorities Mabon ap Gwynfor, cabinet minister for health and care, said that few professions are “as closely aligned to this government's ambitions for health and care as pharmacy”.…Published: 25 September 2026
News Community pharmacist prescribing service planned for October 2026 start Janet Morrison, chief executive of Community Pharmacy England, said that although independent prescribing is being introduced under Pharmacy First, the negotiator is “very worried” about whether funding for the service is adequate.…Published: 25 September 2026
News Liberal Democrats pledge to “supercharge” Pharmacy First in England The Liberal Democrats have passed a policy motion, which highlighted its plans to expand Pharmacy First to include new services and make community pharmacy “fairer for rural and coastal communities”.…Published: 24 September 2026
News Helen Mackay Geercke (1928–2025)On 12 November 2025, Helen Mackay Geercke, aged 97 years, of Chichester, Sussex. Mrs Mackay Geercke registered with the College in 1950.…Published: 24 September 2026
News PDA gains full say on NHS pay and conditions negotiations after joining Staff Side Council The Pharmacists’ Defence Association said that it can now vote on the staff side's position on issues specific to pharmacists as one of a group of 14 unions, which represent over 1 million NHS employees.…Published: 24 September 2026
News Scotland’s first drug-checking service to open as drug deaths rise by more than 10% According to National Records of Scotland data, the rate of drug use deaths recorded in 2025 is four times the rate observed in 2000 when current records began.…Published: 23 September 2026
News Children taking GLP-1s can be at risk of nutritional deficiencies, study finds Researchers found that vitamin D deficiency was most frequently observed, and the most common deficiency-related complication was nutritional anaemia.…Published: 23 September 2026
