PJ September 2026, Vol 317, No 8013

Police response ‘insufficient’ for crimes against pharmacies, report owners

The National Pharmacy Association's survey of pharmacy owners across the UK revealed that 35% of respondents had seen staff members assaulted in the past year.…

Call to expand shingles vaccine following cardiovascular research

Researchers found a 9% reduction in cardiovascular disease burden among people who received the recombinant adjuvanted vaccine Shingrix compared with the live shingles vaccine.…

Evaluating clinical study methods: treatment considerations, outcomes, variables and measurements

Part of a comprehensive series showing how to evaluate a clinical study or research paper. This article breaks down some of the factors to look at when critiquing the methods used by the researchers.…

Evaluating clinical trial eligibility criteria: recruitment methods, informed consent, control and blinding

Part of a comprehensive series showing how to evaluate a clinical study or research paper, with focus on eligibility criteria, controlled experimental design and the importance of random assignment.…

Pharmacies deliver nearly 250,000 MenB vaccines since July 2026

Between 20 July 2026 and 31 August 2026, community pharmacies in England gave 246,089 doses of the MenB vaccine to young people under a NHS vaccination campaign.…

Nottingham professor awarded International Pharmaceutical Federation Fellowship

Tracey Thornley, professor of health policy at the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy, was recognised for her strong international leadership in advancing community pharmacy practice.…

Making pharmacy foundation training genuinely inclusive requires system‑level change

Discrimination during foundation training is prevalent, but how can pharmacy teams lead a change for the better?…

Lack of clarity may make cholesterol service ‘unviable’ for community pharmacies

Exclusive: NHS England has revealed that around 100 pharmacies in England will participate in a pilot to offer walk-in cholesterol check-ups for people aged 40–84 years who are not pregnant and have not had a blood test in the past year.…

Pharmacist training sites to receive backdated funding uplift

NHS England said that for the 2026/2027 academic year, eligible pharmacist training sites will receive a 3.3% increase in funding per trainee compared with 2025/2026.…

Lost in fine print: how patient information leaflets are failing patients

Is it time for there to be a change in how patient information leaflets are presented in order to improve health literacy and cut down on accidental double dosing?…