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However, about one in three people who injected drugs said needle and syringe provisions are not good enough.
07 Apr 2026
PDA says this is not a rejection of existing contractual arrangements, but a recognition of their limits.
24 Feb 2026
Investing in preventative health is no longer a ‘nice to have’, but an economic and social priority, says a report from Deloitte, Google and the Royal Society.
09 Dec 2025
Government says it “won’t look away” as new figures show obesity in children aged 4-5 years has hit a record high.
04 Nov 2025
NHS figures show that a further 72 pharmacies have closed this year so far in England, around two a week.
27 Aug 2025
Young people are far more likely to seek a GP appointment for common health conditions than older individuals, according to PAGB’s Self-Care Census Report 2025. So where does that leave pharmacy?
06 Aug 2025
Services commissioned by local authorities are now worth almost twice as much to community pharmacies in England as those commissioned by ICBs.
15 Jul 2025
Pharmacies in England gave over 4 million flu vaccines in the 2024/25 flu season, the highest number outside of the pandemic, according to CCA analysis.
17 Jun 2025
While 89 per cent of respondents to survey reported confidence in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, only 62 per cent felt confident managing common illnesses.
20 May 2025
The public is split over whether weight-loss injections should be offered on the NHS, with 37 per cent for and 32 per cent opposed.
26 Nov 2024
More than 5,600 drug shortages have been reported to the DHSC since October 2020, and the number of reported shortages is creeping up.
17 Sep 2024
Rural areas risk being left as ‘pharmacy deserts’ if current pharmacy closure rates continue, says the National Pharmacy Association. The recent wave of closures has seen nearly nine in 10 council areas across England losing community pharmacies.
03 Sep 2024
The NPA is warning that pharmacy closures will ‘pile pressure on GP surgeries’.
03 Jul 2024
Three quarters of family doctors are experiencing moral distress because they cannot access medicines they know their patients need, a survey has found.
11 Jun 2024
Forty per cent of British adults say they would like their medicines delivered.
07 May 2024
The Company Chemists’ Association has warned that the situation is having “a disastrous impact on patients”.
02 May 2024
