Local authorities advised to work with pharmacies to improve rural vaccination rates The Local Government Association said that community pharmacies should engage with local directors of public health to close gaps in vaccination coverage.…
Acute kidney injury: causes, diagnosis and management An overview of the symptoms, management options and prescribing considerations for acute kidney injury.…
Prescribing of dependency forming medicines ‘moving in the right direction’ but challenges remain NHS Business Services Authority data reveals that in 2025/2026, the number of prescriptions for opioids decreased by 8% compared with 2016/2017.…
Around one in five adults would share weight-loss jabs with friends, survey finds A Pharmacy2U-commissioned survey also found that more than one-quarter of UK adults said that they would share oral weight-loss medication with friends or family.…
Pharmaceutical companies in talks with NICE about access to Alzheimer’s drugs Drug manufacturers Lilly and Eisai are in discussion with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to appeal the regulator’s rejection of the use of donanemab and lecanemab on the NHS for the third time in June 2025.…
Pharmacy Inside Jobs: sports pharmacist Mark Stuart explains how he went from pharmacist volunteer to superintendent of the Olympic Games and reveals the key role pharmacists play in supporting athletes.…
Patient death prompts concerns about clozapine and smoking cessation awareness A patient died in October 2025 from fatal clozapine toxicity after he suddenly stopped smoking.…
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.…
Using Janus kinase inhibitors in myeloproliferative neoplasms For patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms, Janus kinase inhibitors can potentially improve symptoms and disease control, but there are a number of safety considerations pharmacists need to be aware of.…
More than 1 million contraception appointments delivered by pharmacies in six months The 1,007,415 pharmacy contraception service consultations included 375,040 emergency hormonal contraception consultations.…
