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Health news round-up: new biosimilars, vaccine effectiveness and supporting patients ageing with HIV

A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…

Published: 28 November 2025

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Hospital trust becomes first to achieve gold status under RPS Greener Pharmacy Toolkit

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has obtained gold level accreditation in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Greener Pharmacy Toolkit through its commitment to improving sustainability practices.…

Published: 25 November 2025

Opinion

Sustainable pharmacy practice can lead the way to a healthcare net zero

A themed collection of papers featured in the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice is aimed at increasing knowledge and awareness of how to decarbonise pharmacy practice.…

Published: 17 November 2025

Opinion

A net-zero health plan starts with pharmacy

The NHS ten-year health plan’s sustainability goals will be impossible to achieve unless the potential of pharmacy is realised and prioritised.…

Published: 10 November 2025

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More than 40 Superdrug pharmacies achieve bronze status under RPS greener pharmacies scheme

Exclusive: Since the Greener Pharmacy Toolkit launched in April 2025, 42 Superdrug pharmacies have attained bronze accreditation.…

Published: 23 May 2025

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SABA inhaler carbon emissions have dropped by one-third since 2020, NHS England data show

Exclusive: Pharmacy experts said the fall in short-acting beta-2 agonist inhaler emissions most likely owes to patients switching from the Ventolin Evohaler to the Salamol inhaler.…

Published: 14 May 2025

Feature

Net zero: progress on reducing the environmental impact of medicines

Although some progress has been made towards reducing the carbon footprint of medicines within the NHS, experts say there needs to be more focus on medicines waste and disease prevention.…

Published: 14 May 2025

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NHS England to assess feasibility of a national inhaler recycling scheme

Health minister Karin Smyth said NHS England was “currently supporting the implementation of an inhaler recycling pilot to assess a national scheme’s feasibility and potential benefits”.…

Published: 10 April 2025

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Green badge scheme for pharmacies launched by RPS

The Greener Pharmacy Toolkit, commissioned by NHS England, allows pharmacies to monitor and lower their environmental impact.…

Published: 8 April 2025

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Greener inhalers could make up to 10% of NHS net zero emissions cuts, report concludes

A report published by the Office of Health Economics said that a switch to the use of carbon minimal pressurised metered dose inhalers could cut NHS carbon emissions by more than 600,000 tonnes per year.…

Published: 11 March 2025