Yvette Cooper named health secretary Newly appointed secretary of state for health and social care, Yvette Cooper, moves from her previous role as foreign secretary.…
Summer registration exam pass rate highest since 2021 The pass rate for the June 2026 sitting of the General Pharmaceutical Council registration exam was 83% — up from 77% in 2025.…
Pharmacist Support counselling sessions increase by more than half in 2025 Pharmacist Support’s latest impact report also revealed that referrals to counselling for pharmacists increased by nearly one-third in 2025.…
Royal college warns over proposals to reduce internationally qualified pharmacists’ training time In its consultation response, the Royal College of Pharmacy said that a proposed training timeframe of 20 weeks for internationally qualified pharmacists would be “substantially shorter” than the current foundation training year.…
GPhC increases minimum level of study for pharmacy technicians in new training standards Under the regulator's new standards, the minimum level of study for pharmacy technicians will be increased to Regulated Qualifications Framework level 4, or Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework level 7 or above.…
Stopping antipsychotics in patients with dementia reduces risk of fracture and delirium The study’s lead author said the “findings provide reassurance” that stopping long-term antipsychotic treatment when no longer needed prevents harms.…
ADHD medicines prescriptions rose again in 2025 More than 991,000 items of lisdexamfetamine were prescribed in NHS primary care in 2025, which is a 36% increase compared with 2024, according to Care Quality Commission data.…
One-quarter of pharmacy owners took no salary in past year, finds CPE survey The results of Community Pharmacy England's annual pressures survey also showed that for the vast majority of pharmacy owners, NHS reimbursement did not cover the cost of medicines.…
‘Stark lack of government response’ on valproate redress, patient safety commissioner says In her annual report for 2025/2026, Henrietta Hughes said the government was “yet to announce a redress scheme or a timeline for providing a substantive response to the recommendations” made in her previous report on patients harmed by sodium valproate.…
Single national formulary pilot sites announced NHS England said that 13 early adopter integrated care boards will transition to the single national formulary by December 2026.…
