Katherine Price

Katherine Price is a freelance healthcare journalist.

Community pharmacies may have to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to stay in business, local pharmacy leaders warn

Pharmacy representatives have warned current financial pressures may lead pharmacies to sign up to provide COVID-19 vaccinations, despite a significant reduction in the fee.…

Pharmacy bodies call for ‘immediate intervention’ from health secretary to halt flu vaccinations delay

Community Pharmacy England has also written to ministers warning of "administrative chaos" for pharmacies and that "hundreds of thousands" of patients may miss out on vaccines if the flu vaccination service begins in October.…

Government proposals to consider medicines reclassification should include moves to general sales list, says trade body

The PAGB has said the current process of reclassification could be “streamlined” and “we need to act now” to ensure people have greater access to the medicines they need.…

University wins contract to pilot foundation year independent prescribing training and assessment

The University of Bradford will explore how independent prescribing training can be integrated into the pharmacy foundation year.…

Expert panel says government is making ‘inadequate’ progress on four out of nine of its pharmacy commitments

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee-commissioned report, which ran alongside the committee's own inquiry into pharmacy services in England, said least progress had been made on legislative changes.…