Healthcare provision

Hospice UK calls for national standard in community pharmacy palliative care

The report has also identified opportunities to “strengthen education and training in palliative care and bereavement support for rural pharmacists”.…

How to be an effective designated prescribing practitioner

The first article in a short series providing practical guidance for designated prescribing practitioners as they support the learning and development of future pharmacist prescribers.…

Pharmacy bodies warn that demand for weight-loss drug will outstrip supply

Around 220,000 patients could be prescribed Mounjaro in the first three years of the drug's availability to NHS patients in England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has estimated.…

RPS asked for clarification on dispensing timelines following death of patient with diabetes

A coroner has issued a ‘Prevention of future deaths’ report seeking information on a repeat prescribing toolkit published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Royal College of GPs.…

Pharmacy First uptake ‘not what we would like it to be’, says minister

Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock said that the government will work to reform the financial arrangements for Pharmacy First to incentivise pharmacists to embrace the scheme.…

Spending review 2025: providers urge government to invest in primary care

Pharmacy leaders argue the latest government spending review allocations represent a “missed opportunity to put pharmacies first”.…

GPhC highlights need to improve performance in five-year strategy

To meet its goals under its strategic plan for 2025–2030, the regulator said it must improve its fitness-to-practise processes, streamline investigations and ensure financial stability.…

NICE rejects Alzheimer’s disease drugs for third time

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence said the benefits of donanemab and lecanemab in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease are too small to justify their high costs to the NHS.…

‘It just wasn’t viable’: the safety crisis facing patients with sensory impairments

A report has highlighted how medicines and devices routinely fail people with sight and hearing loss. Experts hope it will finally prompt action from across the health service, including pharmacists.…

Community pharmacies in 2024/2025 administered highest number of flu vaccinations outside of pandemic

Of the 4 million flu vaccinations delivered by community pharmacies in England during the 2024/2025 flu season, data show that 11% were administered in the most deprived areas.…