Opinion To sip or not to sip: the environmental burden of oral nutritional supplements Unnecessary disposal of oral nutritional supplements has many detrimental impacts on the environment — we must re-evaluate their use.…Published: 7 January 2026
News Health and climate manifesto launched by RPS and RCGP Scotland The manifesto has made six calls upon the next Scottish government, including an urgent acceleration of the electronic prescribing programme.…Published: 22 December 2025
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
News 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
