Regulators issue warning over prescription-only weight-loss drug advertisements An enforcement notice has warned that prohibitions include non paid-for content on social media, sponsored searches on search engines and influencer marketing.…
How do we solve a problem like medicines adherence? Despite decades of research, rates of adherence to medicines remain stubbornly low. New ways of thinking and innovative use of technology may help us turn a corner.…
Regulator warns pharmacists to ensure patient safety when selling unregulated products In a letter to pharmacy technicians and owners, the General Pharmaceutical Council has warned that non-medicinal and unlicensed products being supplied by pharmacies “have potentially caused serious harm”.…
Patients involved in design of fewer than one-fifth of published trials, research shows For articles reporting on randomised controlled trials, published between 2015 and 2023, the researchers found that 18% included patient and public involvement.…
How NHS England is striving for inclusive pharmacy practice Members of the ‘Inclusive pharmacy practice’ delivery group explain how the initiative is working to address health inequalities in England and create an inclusive environment within the pharmacy sector.…
NHS England sets target to save £1bn on medicines by 2029 Board papers published in March 2025 said that using “commercial capabilities” had realised close to £500m in medicines savings in 2023/2024.…
‘Serious gap’ in safe access to medicines for people with sensory impairment, report finds In a report, the patient safety commissioner for England recommends a funding review to support additional resources to improve access to medicines for those with sensory impairments.…
Online pharmacies more than twice as likely to fail regulatory standards, finds analysis Exclusive: An analysis conducted by The Pharmaceutical Journal has found that between April 2024 and January 2025, 10% of distance-selling pharmacies failed General Pharmaceutical Council inspections compared with 5% of high street pharmacies.…
The big online pharmacy clampdown Distance-selling pharmacies continue to fail inspections at a higher rate than their bricks-and-mortar counterparts. Will the General Pharmaceutical Council’s latest guidance successfully clamp down on rogue operators, or is more action needed?…
Patients in emergency departments should be supported to self-administer time-critical medicines, says royal college Advice produced with the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association urges that emergency departments should hold self-administered time-critical medicines to the same monitoring and governance oversight standards as non self-administered medicines.…
