New HIV diagnoses fall by almost 20% in one year Public Health Wales data show that the number of new HIV cases fell to 73 in 2024, from 91 confirmed cases in 2023.…
The role of pharmacy in delivering the NHS ten-year health plan Attendees at a roundtable hosted by The Pharmaceutical Journal agreed that effective horizon scanning is needed to establish what the pressures on the health service would be in a decade’s time and the need for pharmacy organisations to work together to help shape the future.…
NHS pay rise above 2.5% would mean ‘trade-offs’ in its health commitments, government says In evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body, the Department of Health and Social Care said that a pay rise above 2.5% “would inevitably have an impact on healthcare delivery”.…
TB treatment can be resumed following ‘significant improvement’ in antimicrobial supply The Scottish government said that available licensed stock and unlicensed imports of antimicrobial medicines “should be optimised to ensure continuity of patient treatment”.…
NHS England tells care boards to ‘maximise’ Pharmacy First in planning guidance Under NHS England’s multi-year planning framework, integrated care boards must also introduce prescribing-based services into community pharmacies in 2026/2027.…
More than one-third of people in Scotland used Pharmacy First in 2024/2025 A report by Public Health Scotland also revealed that in 2024/2025, the number of people who used Pharmacy First Scotland at least once in year increased by more than 50% compared with 2021/2022.…
First street drug-checking service approved in Scotland Users of the service — to open at the site where ‘The Thistle’ drug consumption room is located — will be able to submit drugs for testing and receive harm-reduction advice alongside the results.…
NICE recommends HIV prevention injection for people unable to take oral PrEP Guidance says cabotegravir offers HIV prevention to patients who are unable to use oral pre-exposure prophylaxis owing to medical contraindications, difficulty swallowing tablets or other challenges to adherence.…
Community pharmacy independent prescribing consultations triple in two years Digital Health and Care Wales data show that there were more than 75,000 independent prescribing consultations carried out in the first five months of 2025.…
Almost two-thirds of pathfinder pilot site consultations have been for minor ailments NHS England data also show that by the end of July 2025, more than 40,000 consultations were delivered by 180 community pharmacy pathfinder sites across England.…
