Pharmacy bodies express anger over exclusion from business rates relief Community pharmacy representatives disappointed that pharmacies were not included in government decision to cut business rates for pubs and live music venues.…
NICE recommends treatment that could help 30,000 people with COPD Guidance says dupilumab can be offered as an add-on maintenance treatment for adults with uncontrolled COPD.…
Community pharmacies face ‘economic peril’, CPE warns government In an “uncompromising” letter, Community Pharmacy England said negotiations for the next pharmacy contract must close the funding gap for the sector.…
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?…
Concerns raised that pharmacists in Scotland may not be able to opt out of assisted dying process Scottish shadow health secretary Sandesh Gulhane has expressed concerns that protections for Scottish pharmacists could be weakened without an opt-out model for the Assisted Dying (Terminally Ill Adults) Bill.…
UKPPLAB to publish proposals for ‘effective’ pharmacy leadership The UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board said the RPS’s transition to becoming a royal college would offer a chance to “prioritise excellence and ambition in education, innovation and research”.…
Sir Hugh Taylor: ‘We’d like to do ourselves out of a job as quickly as possible’ The Pharmaceutical Journal spoke to Sir Hugh Taylor, chair of the UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board, about his optimism for a collaborative future with the creation of the Royal College of Pharmacy.…
Drug consumption room pilot records more than 1,000 injecting episodes in a month According to latest service data on The Thistle, a drug consumption facility in Glasgow, 560 people used the site's services more than 10,000 times in 2025.…
Aspirin added to list of medicines that cannot be exported from UK or hoarded The list contains medicines that have evidence or risk of critical shortages, which could adversely impact UK patients.…
