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Government ‘missing huge trick’ excluding pharmacies from NHS capital investment plan, say leaders

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Regulator takes action against Tesco weight-loss advertising

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Community pharmacy could help ease £2.7bn delayed discharge bill

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NHS employers in England to be measured on staff wellbeing standards

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NICE recommends non-invasive tests that could speed up endometriosis diagnoses

Physician cleans upper arm of patient ahead of vaccination

Pharmacy flu vaccination booking system to open two weeks earlier

Weight-loss service advertised in pharmacy shop window

Three-quarters of pharmacies expect surge in demand for weight-loss pill

Features & analysis

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Short-term savings, long-term costs: what cuts to medicines optimisation teams could mean for the NHS

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‘A once-in-a-generation opportunity’: what community pharmacy wants from contract reform

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Everything you need to know about GLP-1s for weight loss

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What does a growing hospital pharmacy workforce mean for the rest of the profession?

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A visual guide to the 2026 Ebola outbreak

View of the chamber during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium

The Critical Medicines Act: can the UK manage supply problems with the EU’s ‘safety belt’?

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How community pharmacists are tackling a wave of abuse

Opinion

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Geraldine McCaffrey: ‘There’s real positivity about the role we can play as a royal college’

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Seizing the moment: opportunities presented by the new cancer plan for England

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Postpartum reintegration: an uncomfortable silence pharmacy can no longer afford

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Medicines storage needs to change with the climate

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Why a research mindset matters in critical care pharmacy and beyond

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Janet Morrison: ‘Any contract reform is likely to have winners and losers’

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‘Be aware, be empowered’: how learning through lived experience is preparing pharmacy students for real-world practice

Letters