National pharmacy stop-smoking service could support more than 200,000 quit attempts annually The Company Chemists’ Association said a national walk-in pharmacy service would offer a single, consistent route for patients looking to quit smoking.…
Everything you need to know about GLP-1s for weight loss From semaglutide to tirzepatide, this article collates the latest information on pharmacological weight-loss treatments, including evidence and best practice for their use.…
Pharmacies to deliver HPV ‘catch-up’ vaccines and early cancer detection under national cancer plan In its national cancer plan, the government has announced that pharmacies will offer ‘catch-up’ human papillomavirus vaccinations to young patients who missed their dose at school.…
Preceptorship: the key to unlocking advanced pharmacist practice By implementing preceptorship programmes across pharmacy teams, leaders have an opportunity to guide workforce development by evidence and strategy, rather than chance or goodwill.…
Students from 24 out of 28 pharmacy schools applied for a bursary in 2025 Since the launch of its student bursary scheme in 2014, Pharmacist Support has awarded 103 bursaries totalling more than £300,000.…
Improving resilience in pharmacy practice: reducing the burden of multitasking The first article in a short series that will explore how to improve resilience in pharmacy practice, focusing on how community pharmacy teams can increase wellbeing through better management of multitasking.…
The unexpected importance of workplace resilience in pharmacy practice In an introduction to a series of learning articles on improving resilience within pharmacy, Zubin Austin explains how his team discovered the outsized impact that managerial decisions can have on staff wellbeing.…
RPS calls for pharmacy students to be included in NHS bursary scheme In response to a Welsh government consultation, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said pharmacy students should be eligible for the NHS Wales bursary scheme since “the nature of pharmacy education has evolved significantly”.…
Tobacco companies should fund national community pharmacy ‘stop smoking’ service, says report Recommendations by AstraZeneca in partnership with several pharmacy bodies have also called for the ‘NHS health check’ to be offered in community pharmacies.…
Prescribing error led to death of baby, says coroner A newborn patient was wrongly prescribed sodium acid phosphate instead of sodium chloride, leading to an overdose, a report from the coroner for Inner West London found.…
