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Community pharmacy campaign launched to ease winter pressures on NHS

NHS Wales’ ‘Help Us to Help You’ campaign promotes use of the common ailments service in community pharmacies via TV, radio and social media advertisements.…

Published: 3 November 2025

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NHS England tells care boards to ‘maximise’ Pharmacy First in planning guidance

Under NHS England’s multi-year planning framework, integrated care boards must also introduce prescribing-based services into community pharmacies in 2026/2027.…

Published: 27 October 2025

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More than one-third of people in Scotland used Pharmacy First in 2024/2025

A report by Public Health Scotland also revealed that in 2024/2025, the number of people who used Pharmacy First Scotland at least once in year increased by more than 50% compared with 2021/2022.…

Published: 24 October 2025

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Health news round-up: community pharmacy services, medicines, obesity and ageing

Senior clinical reporter Joanna Robertson summarises some important developments in health news.…

Published: 17 October 2025

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Spotlight: Pressures facing pharmacists in 2025

In this ‘Spotlight’ episode of The PJ Pod, we analyse the results of our latest survey, which further reveals the cracks in the pharmacy sector.…

Published: 16 October 2025

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Community pharmacy independent prescribing consultations triple in two years

Digital Health and Care Wales data show that there were more than 75,000 independent prescribing consultations carried out in the first five months of 2025.…

Published: 15 October 2025

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Almost two-thirds of pathfinder pilot site consultations have been for minor ailments

NHS England data also show that by the end of July 2025, more than 40,000 consultations were delivered by 180 community pharmacy pathfinder sites across England.…

Published: 14 October 2025

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Almost 7 million blood pressure checks delivered in community pharmacies since service began

NHS England data show that more than 1 million patients received a blood pressure check via the hypertension case-finding service in the top 10% most deprived areas in England.…

Published: 14 October 2025

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Less than half of pharmacists who can prescribe do so daily

Exclusive: One in ten community pharmacist respondents to The Pharmaceutical Journal's 2025 salary survey said they had never prescribed, despite holding an IP qualification.…

Published: 7 October 2025

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Around half of pharmacies are not delivering ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Exclusive: According to analysis by The Pharmaceutical Journal, the number of pharmacies that did not deliver any ambulatory blood pressure monitoring consultations each month has decreased by 10%.…

Published: 3 October 2025