Hospital pharmacists awarded 3.3% pay rise for 2026/2027 The Pharmacists’ Defence Association said the “extremely disappointing” pay award is below the latest annual inflation rates and represents a real-terms pay cut to NHS pharmacists’ salaries.…
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.…
NICE recommends treatment that could help 30,000 people with COPD Guidance says dupilumab can be offered as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults with uncontrolled COPD.…
ICBs should fund protected time for community prescribers, urges report Pharmacists who participated in an evaluation of community pharmacist prescribing reported increased job satisfaction when independent prescribing services were implemented in their workplace.…
RPS joins call for better collaboration in contraceptive commissioning The Advisory Group on Contraception has called for integrated care boards and local authorities to be mandated to collaboratively commission women's health and contraception services.…
Initial lower threshold Pharmacy First payment was made to 1,500 pharmacies Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock said that the new tier of monthly payments for Pharmacy First consultations supports pharmacies with “lower potential for delivery” and has enabled more pharmacies to qualify for the fixed payments.…
Flu cases rise as data predict ‘record high’ number of urgent repeat prescription requests Experts have urged eligible patients to take up their offer of a free flu vaccine as cases rise across Great Britain.…
‘Significant shift’ to larger chains selling off pharmacy branches, says broker In 2025 to date, corporate and multiple operators made up 71% of all sales instructions, whereas independent pharmacy owners made up 19%.…
APPG calls for Pharmacy First to be national walk-in service The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pharmacy’s report on the future of community pharmacy in England warned that “without urgent reform, patients will lose access to vital services”.…
Four in ten patients cannot have pharmacy consultations added to their records Exclusive: An analysis conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal has found that between October 2024 and September 2025, 70–75% of patient record updates sent to GP practices by pharmacies using CegedimRx were rejected by their system.…
