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Pharmacies in NI deliver over 8,500 flu and 7,000 Covid vaccines to care homes

Pharmacies hit those numbers just one month into the Community Pharmacy Care Home Vaccination Service in Northern Ireland.

17 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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IPA reps graduate from ‘observers’ to full CPE committee members

CPE names three new appointments to its committee amid shake-up

14 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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'I don't have a life': 7 in 10 say pharmacy pressures affect mental health

CPE survey reveals work-related stress is almost universal in pharmacy

12 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy technician struck off for taking part in £600k cocaine smuggling

Smuggling pair caught with cocaine in luggage when travelling back from Jamaica

11 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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CPE chief: We’ve had abuse and been threatened legally but we do ‘an amazing job’

Community Pharmacy England chief executive Janet Morrison defended the negotiator at Sigma Pharmaceuticals' conference.

11 Nov 2025 , 5 Min Article

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GPhC ‘very concerned’ as patients with anorexia access GLP-1s online

TV investigation finds eating disorder clinics increasingly concerned about online pharmacies

11 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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RPS calls for pharmacy workforce support

The RPS invited pharmacists to share evidence to help inform its response to the Government’s call for evideence.

10 Nov 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Pharmacy Magazine: the first 10 years

It was 30 years ago that the launch issue of Pharmacy Magazine rolled off the presses. But what else was making the headlines in community pharmacy back then? Patrick Grice delves into the archives.

07 Nov 2025 , 5 Min Article

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CPE committee member calls for national pharmacy deprescribing service

Sukhi Basra said pharmacists were already deprescribing “informally” and should be funded for it.

07 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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RPS calls for stronger safeguards in private prescribing

RPS calls for ‘joined up’ identity checks and stricter standards for online scripts in response to private prescribing inquiry.

04 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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RPS launches 2026 Workforce Wellbeing Survey

The 2026 Workforce Wellbeing Survey focuses on pharmacy students, foundation trainees and early career pharmacists.

04 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Ask Your Pharmacist Week launches with Westminster event

This year’s campaign starts with a drop-in event for MPs in Westminster.

03 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Coroner: Mechanic bought overdose medicines without wholesale licence

Business owner used trade account to 'bulk buy' paracetamol, coroner finds.

03 Nov 2025 , 2 Min Article

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NHSE slashes postgraduate training budget for pharmacists by £2.6m

NHSE puts postgrad education contract out to tender

31 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

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LMCs to vote on ‘reallocating’ Pharmacy First money to general practice

General practice 'undermined' by pharmacy services, LMC conference to hear

30 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Warning for pharmacist who took amitriptyline packs to her car

Repetition of behaviour will likely lead to more serious repercussions says GPhC

30 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

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