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Employment,

Community pharmacist numbers down 10% despite sector workforce growth

Concerns raised around apparent drop in headcount number of community pharmacists

20 May 2026

Business environment,

‘Transformative’ weight loss market driving threefold growth in private dispensing

Over 16 million Mounjaro units dispensed in the year to March, say analysts

18 May 2026

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Property,

Sale of Whitworths’ 34 pharmacies concludes as Rotherham branch bought

Sale of Whitworths Chemists portfolio concludes after two and a half years

14 May 2026

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Policy,

Streeting resigns as health secretary as PM accused of leadership ‘vacuum’

Streeting tells Starmer it would be 'dishonourable' to remain in post

14 May 2026

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People,

Currys chief Alex Baldock to head up Boots from the autumn

Baldock to take over from Anthony Hemmerdinger in leadership shake-up

14 May 2026

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Digital & technology,

Legislation for single patient record to go before parliament in Labour reform bill

Labour will seek to push through SPR legislation in the coming year

13 May 2026

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Legal,

Border operation stops £4.6m of illegal medicines entering UK

Sedatives, ED drugs and other products seized through global effort says MHRA

07 May 2026

Services,

Holland & Barrett teams up with DSP on medicated weight loss service

Phlo's weight loss service to be made available via the retailer's website

06 May 2026

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Education & training,

Minister urged to give MPharm students full academic grant access

Minister Karin Smyth urged to grant full Learning Support Fund access to pharmacy students

06 May 2026

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Business environment,

Australia’s biggest pharmacy chain enters UK market in JV with co-op

Chemist Warehouse announces joint venture agreement with employee-owned Greenlight Pharmacy

05 May 2026

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Financial Management & Funding,

CPE hopes to share contract news ‘in the coming weeks’ as Govt offer considered

CPE committee considered latest Government funding offer at April meeting

29 Apr 2026

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Legal,

Negotiator won’t back IPA’s legal probe into dispensing at a loss regs

Not enough detail on trade body's proposals to seek legal advice, says CPE

29 Apr 2026

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Property,

Well branch reopens after Storm Claudia flooding destroyed 7k items

Monnow Street branch of Well Pharmacy reopens after full refurbishment

28 Apr 2026

Medication safety,

MHRA eases cold-chain transport requirements for Wegovy

Novo Nordisk gains MHRA approval for relaxed delivery requirements

27 Apr 2026

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Prescribing,

NSAIDs and benzodiazepines most likely to be stopped in GP pharmacist reviews

New study looks at impact of structured medication reviews by GP pharmacists

27 Apr 2026

People,

Pharmacy2U announces ‘lead sponsorship’ of ITV daytime show

DSP to be lead sponsor of Loose Women for a year from April 27

23 Apr 2026

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