Pharmacies owed £1.5m in unpaid items Community Pharmacy England said that of the more than 194,000 pending unpaid item claims made by community pharmacies in England, around one-third have been left incomplete for more than six months.…
Vaccine group directions: what you need to know as a clinical pharmacy practitioner This article explores the new legal mechanism, which took effect on 1 April 2026, to support pharmacy practitioners to administer vaccine programmes without the need for a prescription.…
Pharmacy can play a greater role in national CVD framework, says CCA The government's cardiovascular disease modern service framework is aimed to help reduce premature deaths from heart disease and strokes by 25% over the next ten years.…
Short-term savings, long-term costs: what cuts to medicines optimisation teams could mean for the NHS Integrated care boards have confirmed to The Pharmaceutical Journal that they are reducing headcount in their medicines optimisation teams, which are primarily formed of pharmacists. What will this mean for the future NHS?…
Government ‘missing huge trick’ excluding pharmacies from NHS capital investment plan, say leaders Pharmacy organisation leaders have said the exclusion of pharmacy from the NHS capital investment plan could hinder the expansion of services where patients need them.…
Regulator takes action against Tesco weight-loss advertising The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said that the supermarket pharmacy had amended its advertising to ensure that prescription-only medicines for weight loss were not promoted to the public.…
Community pharmacy could help ease £2.7bn delayed discharge bill King’s Fund analysis of NHS England data has suggested that hospital beds being taken up by someone fit enough to be discharged are costing the NHS £562 per day.…
Geraldine McCaffrey: ‘There’s real positivity about the role we can play as a royal college’ Seven months into her post as director for Wales at the Royal College of Pharmacy, Geraldine McCaffrey reflects on her career to date, revealing what to expect from the College in the coming months.…
NHS employers in England to be measured on staff wellbeing standards The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England have announced standards to address problems in six areas, including workplace racism, violence and sexual harassment.…
‘A once-in-a-generation opportunity’: what community pharmacy wants from contract reform Community pharmacy leaders share their recommendations for sector reform under the ‘Community pharmacy contractual framework’.…
