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.…
MHRA approves first lower-carbon pressurised metered dose inhalers for asthma The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said that the new versions of the Clenil Modulite 100mcg and 200mcg asthma inhalers have a lower carbon footprint compared with older propellants.…
Members of the public recruited as Pharmacy First ambassadors Under this NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly and NHS Devon-led initiative, ambassadors will help spread awareness of Pharmacy First services by sharing their own experiences.…
