Corrinne Burns

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent

Corrinne Burns is Royal Pharmaceutical Society Correspondent at The Pharmaceutical Journal.

Care leavers to get free prescriptions until age of 25 years

Care leavers will also be entitled to free dental and eye care services as part of a package of measures that the government says will help tackle inequalities faced by those who grew up in care.…

Interim chair of RPS Welsh Pharmacy Board elected

Liz Hallett will hold the role until March 2026, when inaugural elections are held for the three national pharmacy advisory councils of the new Royal College of Pharmacy.…

Health and climate manifesto launched by RPS and RCGP Scotland

The manifesto has made six calls upon the next Scottish government, including an urgent acceleration of the electronic prescribing programme.…

Select committee calls for clarity on funding for US–UK pharma trade deal

A letter from the House of Commons Science Innovation and Technology Committee has asked the government for more information on the cost of the US–UK pharmaceutical trade deal and whether existing NHS budgets will be affected.…

Royal college could unite sector ‘in a way we have not seen before’

Sir Hugh Taylor said that the flexibility ingrained into the proposed governance model for the Royal College of Pharmacy “opens the way for a genuinely fresh approach”.…

Autumn 2025 registration assessment pass rate higher than previous year

According to data from the General Pharmaceutical Council, the pass rate for the November 2025 sitting of the registration exam was 62% — up from 58% in 2024.…

Levetiracetam information updated to include studies that suggest no link to autism

The updated summary of product characteristics for the anti-epileptic medicine now includes two observational studies.…

Scottish assisted dying amendment means pharmacists would be able to opt out

The amendment was put forward during a debate on stage two of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill by Brian Whittle MSP, following representations by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.…

NPA calls for urgent review of dispensing reimbursement schedule

Olivier Picard, chair of the National Pharmacy Association, wrote to Stephen Kinnock to highlight that pharmacies often have to pay wholesalers for medicines before they have been reimbursed by the NHS.…

Flu cases rise as data predict ‘record high’ number of urgent repeat prescription requests

Experts have urged eligible patients to take up their offer of a free flu vaccine as cases rise across Great Britain.…