March 2026, Vol 316, No 8007
Top news stories
President elected for Royal College of Pharmacy
Pharmacy teams subjected to racism, threats and violence
Coroner calls for greater recognition of clinical significance of ‘excessive’ salbutamol inhaler use
Drug price concessions hit three-year high
Pharmacies administered more than 10% of all vaccines in RSV pilot
Features
Pharmacy Inside Jobs: emergency department pharmacist
Hormone hesitancy: why are women moving away from hormonal contraception?
Everything you need to know about oral nicotine pouches
Global regulators set out principles for safe AI across the medicines lifecycle
The evolving role of community pharmacy in smoking cessation
Opinion
PJ view: Medicines security must become a national priority
Pharmacy research: driving safer outcomes in substance misuse
Remote but remarkable: how island pharmacies make a difference
Strengthening ADHD community paediatric services through prescribing pharmacist integration
Why the UK must put medicines at the forefront of a new EU relationship
The ‘Health Walk’: my way of understanding the role of the pharmacist within the community
Amandeep Doll: ‘I can be a role model for inclusive leadership’
Learning & CPD
Menopause symptoms: recognition, diagnosis and treatment strategies
Supported content
Case-based learning: meningitis
Test your knowledge of musculoskeletal conditions
A pharmacy guide for smoking cessation consultations
Drug–food interactions: pharmacological principles and management strategies
JAK inhibitors: risks and safety principles
Improving resilience in pharmacy practice: optimising shift patterns
Your RPS
President elected for Royal College of Pharmacy
Medicines shortages report recognises progress but says ‘decisive steps’ are still needed
Additional Responsible Pharmacist requirements would make pharmacy practice ‘more difficult’, says RPS
RPS publishes pharmacogenomics prescribing resource for all prescribers
RPS opposes Scottish assisted dying bill after protections for pharmacists removed
RPS announces results of 2026 elections to national pharmacy advisory councils
