Health news round-up: ‘landmark’ long COVID trial results and are contraceptives linked to brain tumours? The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Government ‘missing huge trick’ excluding pharmacies from NHS capital investment plan, say leaders Pharmacy organisation leaders have said the exclusion of pharmacy from the NHS capital investment plan could hinder the expansion of services where patients need them.…
Regulator takes action against Tesco weight-loss advertising The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said that the supermarket pharmacy had amended its advertising to ensure that prescription-only medicines for weight loss were not promoted to the public.…
Community pharmacy could help ease £2.7bn delayed discharge bill King’s Fund analysis of NHS England data has suggested that hospital beds being taken up by someone fit enough to be discharged are costing the NHS £562 per day.…
Health news round-up: relabelling prostate cancer, zoonotic diseases and e-cigarette chemicals The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Everything you need to know about GLP-1s for weight loss From semaglutide to tirzepatide, this article collates the latest information on pharmacological weight-loss treatments, including evidence and best practice for their use.…
Hospitals owe wholesalers £43m in unpaid medicines bills Exclusive: The Healthcare Distribution Association told The Pharmaceutical Journal that it has written to NHS England and emphasised that the overdue debt is an “issue both in primary care and in secondary care”.…
Call to reclassify morning-after pill as general sales list item The College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare has called for emergency hormonal contraception to be sold in shops alongside condoms and pregnancy tests to increase women's autonomy over their reproductive health.…
NICE issues first UK guidance for PMOS treatment The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance offers advice on the management of polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome and its associated symptoms.…
Call for government support as record price concessions hit 250 mark Community Pharmacy England has announced that 254 price concessions were granted by the government in England in June 2026, which is more than double the amount of concessions this time last year.…
