NHS online pharmacy applications increase by more than 3,300% in month before market closure Exclusive: The increase in distance-selling applications observed by NHS England is based on data from June 2025 compared with May 2025.…
Regulator fails on timeliness standard for fitness-to-practise cases for seventh year in a row The Professional Standards Authority said that while the General Pharmaceutical Council is reducing its aged fitness-to-practise cases, the end-to-end median time from referral to final decision has increased.…
Will UK government proposals address the problem of medicines shortages? Reports of medicines shortages have increased across the UK in recent years, with several factors causing disruption to the supply chain, but do the government’s latest proposals go far enough to tackle the problem?…
Pharmacy flu vaccines hoped to address low coverage among children NHS England figures, shared with The Pharmaceutical Journal, show a strong uptake of the vaccination service in pharmacies in areas where previous vaccine coverage was lower, such as London and the Midlands.…
Pharmacy retained margin falls £430m short The Company Chemists’ Association reported that the actual value of retained margin “ought to be at least £1.28bn in England”.…
The NHS ten-year plan: what does it mean for community pharmacy? Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians form one of the largest healthcare professional groups. How will the ten-year plan harness their skills to meet the government’s three ambitions to shift from analogue to digital, sickness to prevention and hospital care to community?…
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.…
John Timperley (1938–2025)On 19 August 2025, John Timperley MPharmS, aged 87 years, of Cottingham, East Yorkshire. Mr Timperley registered with the Society in 1962.…
More than 20% of adults think UTIs can be prevented with precautionary antibiotics A survey commissioned by the European Association of Urology also revealed that nearly 20% of UK adults believed that antibiotics are always needed for urinary tract infections.…
Creating effective assessment activities for foundation trainees This article shows how designated prescribing practitioners and designated supervisors can use the GPhC learning outcomes and NHS England assessment strategy to plan effective activities for foundation trainees.…
