Prescribing

Managing the shift to prescribing at registration for pharmacists

Prescribing from registration offers pharmacy and the wider healthcare sector a great opportunity, but this reform must be managed and supported properly.…

Community pharmacy in focus: research insights on improving patient care

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s former deputy chief scientist and Community Pharmacy England’s director of research reflect on recently published research studies in and through community pharmacy.…

Pharmacy2U acquires Care Quality Pharmacy

Care Quality Pharmacy offers prescription and NHS services to a variety of care home groups, extra care services and domiciliary care agencies.…

Everything you need to know about PrEP provision in community pharmacy

Provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis is increasing across the UK and it has been shown to be highly effective. But why has there been so little progress on the long called-for expansion to provide the drugs via community pharmacy?…

Health news round-up: prescribing, deprescribing and medication considerations

A weekly summary of important developments in health news that you may have missed.…

Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists recommends ‘ring-fencing’ diamorphine stock amid supply issues

Medicine supply alerts sent in December 2025 and January 2026 have requested that prescribers switch to morphine sulphate 10mg/1mL injections, where possible.…

Pharmacy2U recorded 64% increase in prescriptions dispensed over one year, filings show

Online pharmacy Pharmacy2U saw its revenue increase by 68% to £334m during 2024/2025, but it made a £5.7m pre-tax loss during the financial year.…

ICBs should fund protected time for community prescribers, urges report

Pharmacists who participated in an evaluation of community pharmacist prescribing reported increased job satisfaction when independent prescribing services were implemented in their workplace.…

Charity report urges government to commission PrEP through pharmacies

The Terence Higgins Trust said community pharmacies could play a “transformative role in HIV prevention and help close the gaps in access”.…

Health and climate manifesto launched by RPS and RCGP Scotland

The manifesto has made six calls upon the next Scottish government, including an urgent acceleration of the electronic prescribing programme.…