Pharmacy negotiator pauses contractor levy payments Community Pharmacy Wales said that owing to “serious financial pressures facing community pharmacies across Wales”, the contractor levy payment will be suspended for three months.…
Improving access to oral contraception through GP–community pharmacy collaboration: a proof-of-concept pilotThe NHS pharmacy contraception service enables community pharmacists to initiate and continue oral contraception1–3. Despite this additional pathway, many patients continue to request routine repeat prescriptions from general practice. This may create avoidable administrative and clinical wo…
Portfolio careers in pharmacy In this episode of The PJ Pod , we talk about portfolio careers: what they involve, the advantages and disadvantages, and how to build one.…
Pharmacy First is growing, but are patients and the pharmacists we train ready? As five more conditions join Pharmacy First, trust will be built consultation by consultation, and pharmacy education must catch up, argues Hafsah Anwar.…
A prescribing service for pharmacies in England: everything you need to know What can the pharmacy sector expect from an NHS prescribing service in England and how will it be carried out?…
Use of Pharmacy First has increased by nearly 60% since the service began Data from Public Health Scotland also showed that in 2025/2026, 36% of the Scottish population used the Pharmacy First Scotland service at least once.…
New medicines need workable pathways towards delivery, not just formulary approval Even after MHRA approval, a NICE recommendation and formulary inclusion, there is still a long way to go before patients can benefit from new medicines.…
‘More than four walls’: the push to upgrade pharmacy consultation rooms As pharmacies take on more prescribing, vaccinations and Pharmacy First consultations, the profession is asking whether its consultation rooms are good enough and numerous enough.…
Fewer than 2% of pharmacies delivered NHS stop smoking consultations in first half 2026, CCA says A Company Chemists' Association report said that referral rates for consultations under the community pharmacy smoking cessation service were “extremely low”, owing to the service taking referrals from hospitals only.…
Senior pharmacists should be involved in planning for hospital corridor care, College tells government Mahendra Patel, chair of the Royal College of Pharmacy’s English Pharmacy Advisory Council, outlined a number of “targeted interventions” that could reduce pressure on hospital emergency departments.…
