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Royal College of Pharmacy calls for full pharmacy student access to Learning Support Fund

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‘Australia’s largest discount pharmacy chain’ to enter UK market

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OTC medicines spend reduced for second year running

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National formulary should be integrated into electronic prescribing, paediatric bodies say

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Nasal decongestant spray use limited to five days

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Health news round-up: tobacco and vapes bill, unlicensed emergency medicine and GLP-1s in pregnancy

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Seven men sentenced after MHRA seizes 130,000 doses of unauthorised medicines

Features & analysis

What’s next for a community pharmacist prescribing service in England?

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‘Moving the goalposts’: the worrying rise of testosterone replacement therapy

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The long road to replacing animals in pharmaceutical research

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Does the big increase in drug price concessions indicate medicines shortages?

The Royal College of Pharmacy: a new era

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The history of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

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Everything you need to know about meningitis B

Opinion

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Is pharmacy education preparing pharmacists for the cognitive demands of modern practice?

PJ view: The success of the royal college is a joint responsibility

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Pharmacy research must help shape the profession’s next chapter

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From competence to confidence: supporting foundation trainees to become culturally competent independent prescribers

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Mapping the landscape: an insight into women’s health pharmacy staffing across the UK

Paul Bennett and Karen Baxter: ‘15 April 2026 isn’t the end of this story — it’s just the foundation stone’

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What pharmacists do not document, the healthcare system cannot value

Letters