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Is the government’s pricing dispute with industry affecting medicines access for patients?

The threshold that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence uses to approve the use of medicines on the NHS hasn’t increased for two decades — this may need to change to ensure patients are able to access new, effective medicines.…

Published: 13 October 2025

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Weight-loss drug complaints to pharmacy regulator hit 150 in a month

Glenn Mathieson, lead advisor for professional regulation at the General Pharmaceutical Council, said the regulator received just 12 fitness to practise complaints about weight loss drugs in April 2024.…

Published: 13 October 2025

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RPS appoints new chief scientist

Amira Guirguis, who chairs the RPS science and research committee, will begin her role on a phased basis from 13 October 2025.…

Published: 8 October 2025

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GPhC proposes increasing pharmacy technicians’ level of study

A consultation document has outlined proposals to raise the level of pharmacy technicians’ roles to Regulated Qualifications Framework level 4 in England and Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework level 7 in Scotland.…

Published: 3 October 2025

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Jeremy Miles praises ‘incredible’ work of pharmacists and announces review of general practice pharmacy

Exclusive: The Welsh cabinet secretary for health and social care said “there is a huge role which pharmacists are playing in a range of settings, and I want to see that grow”.…

Published: 26 September 2025

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RPS launches new three-year goals to advance pharmacy services in Wales

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said that its goals for 2025–2028 focus on scaling services to enable equal access to care, wherever or however patients access them.…

Published: 26 September 2025

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Geraldine McCaffrey appointed RPS director for Wales

The current chair of the RPS Welsh Pharmacy Board will take over from Elen Jones on 1 December 2025, who is moving onto the role of pharmacy dean at Healthcare Education and Improvement Wales.…

Published: 24 September 2025

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More than one-quarter of NHS trusts and boards do not provide protected learning time in job plans for hospital pharmacists

Exclusive: Freedom of Information data obtained by The Pharmaceutical Journal also reveal that only 23% of trusts and boards use job plans for pharmacists.…

Published: 18 September 2025

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NICE recommends first immunotherapy for limited-stage small cell lung cancer

Guidance says that durvalumab can be used alongside active monitoring of patients who have completed chemotherapy.…

Published: 16 September 2025

Letter

The new royal college is a once in a lifetime reset opportunity

Ewan Maule has made a persuasive case for a new approach to pharmacy leadership once the transition to a royal college structure has been implemented. It is axiomatic that the role and influence that the Royal Pharmaceutical Society enjoyed through most of the 20th century diminished substanti…

Published: 9 September 2025