Graham Clews

News and Views Editor

graham.clews@rpharms.com

Graham Clews is News and Views Editor at The Pharmaceutical Journal.

GPhC registration assessment pass mark reaches 77%

The delayed data for the summer 2025 exam also reveal that first-time candidates achieved a pass rate of 80%.…

Regulator to trial independent complaint handling service as fitness-to-practise reports reach ‘record high’

The General Pharmaceutical Council says that concerns reported to the regulator have increased by 13% year on year and by more than 100% over the past four years.…

Two early-career pharmacists named joint winners of OPERA 2025

Qonita Anjani, a research fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, and Jennifer Stevenson, lead pharmacist for older adults at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, were selected from a shortlist of five candidates.…

Pharmacy bodies warn that demand for weight-loss drug will outstrip supply

Around 220,000 patients could be prescribed Mounjaro in the first three years of the drug's availability to NHS patients in England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has estimated.…

Long-term plan for NHS workforce must follow 2026 Senedd elections, says RPS

The Welsh NHS Confederation and Wellbeing Alliance, which is supported by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, has urged the Welsh government to develop a workforce plan that expands training places and improves access to professional qualifications.…

Take-home naloxone: could community pharmacies be the answer to tackling drug deaths?

Legislation to widen access to the opioid antidote naloxone came into force in December 2024. Experts say the community pharmacy network could use these changes to make sure this life-saving medicine reaches those who need it.…

No increase in NHS prescription fees for the first time in three years

The government has announced that the single item prescription charge for 2025/2026 will remain at £9.90.…

Community pharmacy funding boosted by £617m in two-year contract

Community Pharmacy England has announced that a £193m write-off of historic margin overspend has also been agreed with the government.…

RPS members vote ‘yes’ to becoming Royal College of Pharmacy

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society will become a royal college by spring 2026 after 71.1% of members who voted were in favour of the proposal.…

What does the assisted dying legislation mean for pharmacy?

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill still has a long way to go before becoming law and pharmacy organisations have unresolved questions about what it might mean for pharmacy practice.…