Career

RPS chief executive to step down after royal college transition

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has also outlined plans to recruit for four leadership roles as part of its shift to become a royal college in April 2026.…

UK’s biggest online pharmacy freezes Mounjaro price amid reports of ‘stockpiling’

From 1 September 2025, the list price of Mounjaro will rise to £133 for 2.5mg doses and £330 for 12.5mg and 15.0mg doses.…

Reviewing our clinical services and implementing job planning to get the best out of our pharmacy team

How deputy chief pharmacist Poureya Aghakhani and his team have responded to financial pressures to reaffirm their purpose.…

More than 40 organisations commit to include older adults in research

The statement of intent outlined commitments to “challenge any unwarranted exclusion of older adults or those with long-term conditions (multimorbidity) from research”.…

Case-based learning: frailty

The number of older people living with frailty is increasing. Pharmacists play a major role in medicines optimisation in these patients.…

Boots delivers more than 1 million Pharmacy First consultations

Boots says the most common condition for which customers have sought advice and treatment under Pharmacy First was uncomplicated UTIs in women aged under 65 years.…

Upskilling pharmacy teams to make migraine care routine practice

Attendees at a roundtable hosted by The Pharmaceutical Journal agreed that pharmacy teams can — and want to — provide enhanced support for patients with migraine, for which inequalities of care have been identified.…

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Prescribing for allied health professionals to be expanded under government proposals

A consultation document has outlined how physiotherapists, radiographers and paramedics could prescribe and supply more medicines.…

Weight-loss pilots in pharmacies could be among £85m programme part-funded by Mounjaro manufacturer

The UK-wide programme will allow patients to access weight management care, including a range of wraparound services, through routes such as pharmacies.…

Polypharmacy and deprescribing in older people

An overview of the risks of inappropriate polypharmacy in older people, highlighting the role pharmacists can play in the deprescribing process.…