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The new NHS service allows pharmacies to supply the products without a GP prescription and free of charge.
21 Apr 2026
Pharmacies provided 462,000 consultations as part of the Common Ailments Service between April 2024 and March 2025.
16 Mar 2026
Bangor University has enrolled over 30 students in the first cohort and wants to increase that number each year.
04 Feb 2026
Welsh Government announces 99 per cent of pharmacies able to treat UTIs as part of CAS from October.
30 Sep 2025
New goals to transform pharmacy services across Wales over the next three years have been launched.
25 Sep 2025
The patient, who sought treatment for a throat infection at Shackleton’s Pharmacy in Abergavenny, was seen by pharmacist Kyle Price.
31 Jul 2025
The Electronic Prescription Service is now live in over 50 per cent of community pharmacies in Wales, but only 15 per cent of GP practices.
03 Jun 2025
The Welsh Government publicly announces that pharmacies in Wales are to provide two new national services to treat sore throats and UTIs.
06 May 2025
RPS and HEIW announce three-year extension of learning programme to support pharmacists deliver the Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Service.
Gareth Parry, of Brynhyfryd Terrace, Ferndale, was sentenced having pleaded guilty to four counts of theft by employee.
10 Feb 2025
Cegedim has become the seventh pharmacy system supplier to support the roll out of EPS in Wales.
10 Dec 2024
Pharmacies in Wales providing the NHS-funded sore throat test and treat (STTT) service supplied fewer antibiotics to patients than GPs.
26 Nov 2024
Digital Health and Care Wales said it was working to roll EPS out to every community in Wales "quickly and safely."
18 Oct 2024
Group owner sells to husband and wife team after 30 years in business
10 Oct 2024
Digital health body in Wales welcomes EPS milestone.
02 Oct 2024
An Audit Wales pilot looked at potential “risks around fraud and cost” relating to “expensive items”, specials and “higher cost formulations”.
07 Jun 2024
