Pharmacy sectors

Pharmacies can reform ‘outdated’ childhood vaccination programmes

The National Pharmacy Association has urged the NHS to commission pharmacies to offer childhood vaccinations to school-aged children in hopes of increasing vaccination rates among teenagers.…

Discharge medicines service: scaling success nationwide 

Integrated care boards have shared how they are using the discharge medicines service to its full potential, despite figures showing that it is vastly under-utilised.…

APTUK calls for more support for community pharmacy technician trainees

Amy Laflin, president of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK, told The Pharmaceutical Journal that equitable access to training investment for the community pharmacy sector is crucial to “meet rising demand and fully contribute to national workforce ambitions”.…

Number of community pharmacists falls by 10% in a year

Results from the 2025 NHS England ‘Community pharmacy workforce survey’ have revealed that there were 25,822 pharmacists working in community pharmacies in England in 2025, compared with 28,763 in 2024.…

CCA calls for migraine to be added to Pharmacy First

A Company Chemists' Association and Pfizer UK report says that 1.25 million patients could be treated annually if the extra clinical pathway was added.…

MHRA is ‘exploring legislative actions’ to restrict paracetamol sales, says health minister

Health minister Preet Kaur Gill said that the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency took the disproportionate sale of paracetamol seriously.…

Embedding a pharmacist-led clinic in early breast cancer treatment pathways

With rising demand and increasing complexity in breast cancer treatment, a pharmacist-led clinic in London is supporting service capacity while maintaining high-quality care.…

Clinical decision support tools in pharmacy practice

Practical advice for pharmacy teams on the current use of clinical decision support tools, as well as their benefits and limitations.…

Integrated care boards leave an uncertain future for the prescribing pathfinder programme

An investigation by The Pharmaceutical Journal has revealed geographic variation in the ongoing provision of the prescribing pathfinder programme, highlighting the need for a national service to be commissioned.…

Health news round-up: paternal health, clozapine guideline and news from the European Congress on Obesity

Our weekly summary of the important developments in pharmacy and health news you may have missed.…