News RPS launches new three-year goals to advance pharmacy services in Wales The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said that its goals for 2025–2028 focus on scaling services to enable equal access to care, wherever or however patients access them.…Published: 26 September 2025
News NHS online pharmacy applications increase by more than 3,300% in month before market closure Exclusive: The increase in distance-selling applications observed by NHS England is based on data from June 2025 compared with May 2025.…Published: 25 September 2025
News Regulator fails on timeliness standard for fitness-to-practise cases for seventh year in a row The Professional Standards Authority said that while the General Pharmaceutical Council is reducing its aged fitness-to-practise cases, the end-to-end median time from referral to final decision has increased.…Published: 25 September 2025
News Pharmacy flu vaccines hoped to address low coverage among children NHS England figures, shared with The Pharmaceutical Journal, show a strong uptake of the vaccination service in pharmacies in areas where previous vaccine coverage was lower, such as London and the Midlands.…Published: 24 September 2025
News Pharmacy retained margin falls £430m short The Company Chemists’ Association reported that the actual value of retained margin “ought to be at least £1.28bn in England”.…Published: 24 September 2025
News Geraldine McCaffrey appointed RPS director for Wales The current chair of the RPS Welsh Pharmacy Board will take over from Elen Jones on 1 December 2025, who is moving onto the role of pharmacy dean at Healthcare Education and Improvement Wales.…Published: 24 September 2025
News John Timperley (1938–2025)On 19 August 2025, John Timperley MPharmS, aged 87 years, of Cottingham, East Yorkshire. Mr Timperley registered with the Society in 1962.…Published: 24 September 2025
News More than 20% of adults think UTIs can be prevented with precautionary antibiotics A survey commissioned by the European Association of Urology also revealed that nearly 20% of UK adults believed that antibiotics are always needed for urinary tract infections.…Published: 23 September 2025
News RPS urges patients to seek medicines information from ‘trusted source’ after Trump links paracetamol and autism The president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society urged anyone with concerns about their medicines to speak to a pharmacist or a trusted healthcare professional.…Published: 23 September 2025
News GPhC appoints Chris Askew as interim chief executive The former chief executive of the Royal College of General Practitioners will take up the role on 1 October 2025.…Published: 23 September 2025
