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New degree will train 'next generation of pharmacists’ in north Wales

Bangor University has enrolled over 30 students in the first cohort and wants to increase that number each year.

04 Feb 2026 , 1 Min Article

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DH must be more transparent with pharmacies, warns Lords shortages report

Government communication with pharmacies and hospitals 'unacceptable' finds Lords committee

04 Feb 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Shortages of over 100 medicines are getting worse in Northern Ireland

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland warned MLAs at Stormont that shortages could force pharmacies to ration supplies.

04 Feb 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Applications for Pharmacy Support 2026 student bursary scheme open until 20 April

Pharmacist Support has announced the launch of its 2026 Student Bursary Scheme, supported by Cencora Alliance Healthcare.

03 Feb 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Tobacco company levy could fund pharmacy stop smoking services

A ‘polluter pays’ levy on tobacco companies could support walk-in ‘stop smoking’ services in pharmacies , says a policy paper from AstraZeneca.

03 Feb 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Government expands RSV vaccine programme

Adults aged 80 and over and residents in care homes in England will be offered a vaccination from April 1 this year.

02 Feb 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Clear Pharmacy exits Scottish market to focus on its other branches

Two branches 'yards apart' sold to Right Medicine Pharmacy group

30 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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NHS pays pharmacists just 20 per cent of cost of some medicines

The NPA said the NHS was paying just a fifth of the cost of drugs such as anti-depressants, pain relief and blood pressure medications.

29 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Dispensing role under threat says CCA

NHS dispensing is undervalued, underappreciated and under threat, says new report.

29 Jan 2026 , 2 Min Article

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Patients would have faced £800m in prescription costs without PPCs

The NHS Business Services Authority said 3.35 million patients received NHS prescriptions where a PPC exemption was applied in 2024-25.

28 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Boots CEO Ornella Barra to retire and take on 'less operational role'

Longstanding Boots executive to take on 'a less operational role'

27 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Hypertension management in England going backwards

England has lost the advances in the prevention, diagnosis and management of hypertension it made during the early 2000s.

27 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Impact of antibiotic ADRs on patients revealed

“Antibiotic side-effects can significantly disrupt patients’ lives”, say the authors of a new study

26 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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MHRA seized illegally traded medicines worth £45m last year

Seized products included GLP-1s, sleeping pills, painkillers and erectile dysfunction treatments.

26 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies should stop dispensing loss-making medicines

Contractor Ashley Cohen said the measure could be “a nuclear button" but insisted pharmacists should not “subsidise the NHS drugs bill”.

23 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies worse off despite contract uplift, ‘uncompromising’ CPE letter warns

Funding uplift 'swallowed up' by wage hikes and other cost rises, CPE tells Kinnock

23 Jan 2026 , 1 Min Article

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