Boots launches private gonorrhoea vaccination service The high street chain said that gonorrhoea vaccines, which will cost £220 for the full course of two doses, will be available at 160 of its pharmacies.…
How climate change is reshaping the UK’s risk of vector-borne diseases Recent heatwaves across the UK have brought the issue of climate change to the fore once more. As we work out how to adapt to extreme temperatures, cases of disease transmitted by mosquitoes and ticks are on the rise — but what should we expect and how can pharmacists prepare?…
Delivery of 90,000 meningitis B vaccinations for young people prompts call for annual campaign During the first week of the NHS meningococcal B disease vaccination service, more than 8,200 participating pharmacies received around 135,000 bookings.…
Once-weekly HIV pill performs as well as daily treatment in phase III study Researchers found that a once-weekly tablet combining islatravir and lenacapavir performed as well as the once-daily bictegravir–emtricitabine–tenofovir alafenamide regimen.…
MenB vaccine supply ‘bolstered’ for NHS England pharmacy campaign NHS England has said that under its meningitis B vaccination service, around 135,000 bookings were made for the jab during the first week of the campaign’s launch.…
Health news round-up: vaccination, testosterone and neighbourhood health The Pharmaceutical Journal’s weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…
Coroner raises concerns over lack of national guidance on prescribing for hepatitis B reactivation A patient died from complications from reactivation of hepatitis B, after the supply of viral reactivation prophylaxis was inadvertently discontinued.…
Pharmacists having to procure their own pandemic PPE ‘a major failure in planning’, finds COVID-19 inquiry The COVID 19 inquiry report described the government's personal protective equipment distribution plans as “inadequate”.…
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 flu vaccination booking system to open two weeks earlier The National Booking Service will open on 17 August 2026, following requests from patients wanting to book appointments earlier than September in previous years.…
