Petition urges government to extend NHS support fund to fully include pharmacy students The petition highlights that the travel reimbursement that pharmacy students are able to claim under the current rules does not address wider financial pressures that they may face.…
New training standards for overseas pharmacists to include prescribing Proposed changes to training standards for internationally qualified pharmacists could replace the current registration routes with a single year of integrated academic learning and learning in practice.…
Improving resilience in pharmacy practice: optimising shift patterns Part of a short series exploring how to improve resilience in pharmacy practice, this article focuses on optimising shift patterns and the number of hours pharmacists work.…
Four out of five foundation trainees have confirmed DPP details Pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock told MPs that 2,013 foundation trainees had submitted details of an assigned DPP to NHS England by February 2026.…
Students from 24 out of 28 pharmacy schools applied for a bursary in 2025 Since the launch of its student bursary scheme in 2014, Pharmacist Support has awarded 103 bursaries totalling more than £300,000.…
Improving resilience in pharmacy practice: reducing the burden of multitasking The first article in a short series that will explore how to improve resilience in pharmacy practice, focusing on how community pharmacy teams can increase wellbeing through better management of multitasking.…
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.…
Proposed changes to technician training will help future-proof profession, says RPS In response to General Pharmaceutical Council proposals, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society said “a more consistent baseline of education” will prepare pharmacy technicians for expanded roles.…
CCA says changes to pharmacy technician training standards could ‘increase dropout rates’ The Company Chemists' Association said that the General Pharmaceutical Council's proposals could exacerbate existing workforce shortages and create barriers for aspiring pharmacy technicians.…
Almost 15% increase in number of successful pharmacy degree applicants There were 5,240 people accepted onto an MPharm course in 2025, up 14.7% from the 4,570 acceptances in 2024.…
