News | Hospital

News

UK Clinical Pharmacy Association launches pharmacogenomics guidance

The ‘Handbook of pharmacogenomics’ will offer pharmacists, GPs and nurse practitioners access to an online, searchable resource, aimed to provide evidence-based advice and guidance in one place.…

Published: 6 March 2026

News

Health news round-up: cardiovascular disease, women’s health and the potential for new sepsis treatment

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

Published: 6 March 2026

News

Drug price concessions hit three-year high

Exclusive: Speaking to The Pharmaceutical Journal, James Davies, director of research and insights at Community Pharmacy England, raised concerns about “the ongoing lack of resilience and challenges in the medicines supply chain”.…

Published: 5 March 2026

Opinion

Amandeep Doll: ‘I can be a role model of inclusive leadership’

Amandeep Doll, director for England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, speaks to The Pharmaceutical Journal about her reflections on the transition to the Royal College of Pharmacy, priorities for 2026 and how inclusion is a “golden thread” through the Society’s work.…

Published: 4 March 2026

News

Four out of five foundation trainees have confirmed DPP details

Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock told MPs that 2,013 foundation trainees had submitted details of an assigned DPP to NHS England by February 2026.…

Published: 27 February 2026

News

Welsh government highlights pharmacist staffing in neonatal and maternity care report

The Welsh government said that a shortage of all staff groups, including pharmacists, was “overwhelmingly the most frequently raised concern” in all neonatal and maternity sites that it visited.…

Published: 27 February 2026

News

Regulator sets acceptance criteria for fitness-to-practise complaints

The General Pharmaceutical Council said the new criteria have been developed to reduce the number of avoidable concerns it receives and progresses.…

Published: 19 February 2026

Letter

Letter of intent for nomination to the English Pharmacy Advisory Council

I am writing to seek your support for election as a member of the English Pharmacy Advisory Council. I do so with a keen sense of responsibility to our profession and a clear commitment to contributing meaningfully to its future direction. I am a senior clinical pharmacist with broad experience a…

Published: 17 February 2026

Letter

The NHS is in a state of flux

The NHS is in a huge period of flux. With this comes restructure, financial constraints and process review to improve patient experience and efficiency. This is a cycle that many of us will have been through before as the commissioning landscape is restructured. I still remember the clinical commiss…

Published: 17 February 2026

News

Hospital pharmacists awarded 3.3% pay rise for 2026/2027

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association said the “extremely disappointing” pay award is below the latest annual inflation rates and represents a real-terms pay cut to NHS pharmacists’ salaries.…

Published: 13 February 2026