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October 2025, Vol 315, No 8002

Table of contents

Top news stories

Announcements & Tributes

Top news stories

A pharmacist prescribes medication to a patient in a community pharmacy

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

The outside of a Jhoots pharmacy on a high street

Jhoots boss says he is selling stores to pay staff wages

Images of the MHRA's raid that uncovered illegal weight-loss medicines

MHRA raids illegal weight-loss jab production line worth more than £250,000

Image of Henry Gregg

Pharmacy organisations ‘shocked’ by call to ‘sabotage’ Pharmacy First, as BMA leaders says it ‘undermines doctors’

Henrietta Hughes, the patient safety commissioner

Patient safety commissioner pushes government on valproate redress almost two years after report

NHS prescription bag being handed to a patient at a dispensary

Less than half of pharmacists who can prescribe do so daily

Features

Hands holding prescription and pill packets

How will a single national formulary change medicines provision?

Sanjay Gudimetla stands with his arms crossed with a blue background

Pharmacy Inside Jobs: the pharmaceutical industry

A split screen illustration showing a pharmacist in a dispensary on the phone to someone at home, suggestive of phone-based support

What will changes to the new medicine service mean for pharmacists and patients?

NHS National health service funding concept

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

Pharmacist juggling many objects

Are staff shortages compromising safe pharmacy care?

Microphone that looks like a tablet with spotlight written above, with light shining on it

Spotlight: Pressures facing pharmacists in 2025

BRUKINSA: explore the possibilities in CLL

Promotional content

Pipelines of blisters packs, auto injector pens and ultrasound waves

Beyond GLP-1: the next wave of weight-loss medication innovation

Opinion

Photo of the injection bay areas at 'The Thistle' drugs consumption room at the NHS Enhanced Drug Treatment Facility at Hunter Street Health Centre in Glasgow

PJ view: The government’s approach to illegal street drugs should focus on treatment and prevention

Blue background with PrEP tablets and injections

Why is HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis struggling to find a home in UK primary healthcare?

Promoting public trust in pharmaceutical health systems is ‘critical’

A peaceful-looking woman breastfeeding her infant while sitting on the floor

Are breastfeeding mothers a forgotten public health priority in the government’s ten-year health plan?

Computer on desk with posters showing pharmacist talking to patient, people being helped up ladders. Safety cone and pill packet on the desk

The value of leadership in medication safety

Green background with bowel in the middle of pharmacy cross

Pharmacy is crucial to improving outcomes for people diagnosed with bowel cancer

Phylogenetic inspired pathways lead across a blue and purple background

Redefining the pharmacist of the future

Learning & CPD

A manager speaks to an employee one-to-one. A green banner saying

Conflict management for pharmacy managers: part one

Professional conducting a consultation with patient in pharmacy private room

How to improve pharmacy services by integrating trauma-informed care

Tiled design showing illustrations of women of various ages and backgrounds

What would you like to know about menopause and HRT?

A micrograph of the hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis B: prevention, diagnosis and management

A hand reaches out to wooden blocks each representing a face

How to use emotional intelligence typologies to improve communication and interpersonal skills

Collage of 6 images about renal health

Test your knowledge of renal conditions

A mosquito with black and white striped legs (Aedes aegypti) sucking blood close up on the human skin

Dengue fever and chikungunya: identification in travellers

Older woman holds white pill and glass of water

Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitors and B-cell malignancies: a guide for pharmacists

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Your RPS

Photo of Amira Guirguis

RPS appoints new chief scientist

Royal Pharmaceutical Society Head Office in East Smithfield, East London

National pharmacy board meetings: September 2025

Pharmacist working on computer

Digital skills should be a ‘core competency’ for all healthcare staff

Letters

Announcements & Tributes