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Digital & technology,

Health secretary defends single patient record amid privacy concerns

SPR will include ‘clear control over who can read what’ says James Murray

03 Jun 2026

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Vaccinations,

Pharmacy vaccination plans should be ‘terminated’ say regional doctor reps

BMA regional council calls for ‘termination’ of plans to extend pharmacy services

03 Jun 2026

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Financial Management & Funding,

Cohens Chemist posts £9.2m loss for 2024-25 financial year

Cohens posts another consecutive loss but welcomes EBIDTA improvement

29 May 2026

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Financial Management & Funding,

CPCF funding up 10% - but CPE issues ‘set up to fail’ prescribing service warning

Funding for England’s pharmacies rises £340m in newly announced 2026-27 deal

28 May 2026

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Business environment,

Superdrug parent eyes $30bn stock exchange listing before year’s end

AS Watson planning IPO in both London and Hong Kong according to reports

28 May 2026

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Cardiovascular diseases,

P2U offers free heart checks to 100,000 workers

P2U first targets Royal Mail staff in bid to improve cholesterol testing awareness

27 May 2026

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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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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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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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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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