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Ex-CPhO Keith Ridge appointed non-exec director of NICE

Dr Keith Ridge has been appointed as a non-executive director of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence for four years, with effect from 1 July.

01 Jul 2025

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CPE condemns 'detrimental impact' of £35m Cat M price cut

CPE has condemned price cuts estimated at £35 million a quarter for Drug Tariff Category M products which come into effect from July.

01 Jul 2025

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NHSE confirms autumn flu and Covid vaccination programmes

Flu and Covid programmes to run from 1 October to support co-administration of vaccines wherever possible.

01 Jul 2025

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RCGP awards honarary fellowship to Mahendra Patel

The RCGP has awarded an honorary fellowship to Professor Mahendra Patel, who is the first pharmacist in England to receive such an accolade.

01 Jul 2025

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Pharmacy First “working well” for patients says watchdog

...but more research needed to test outcomes before expanding service, Healthwatch suggests.

01 Jul 2025

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Inquest hears no specialist dependency-forming medicines service exists

The coroner said Michael Paul Barry died from “fatal complications of a community acquired pneumonia on a background of excessive use of codeine medication."

01 Jul 2025

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UK trust in pharmacists – and AI scepticism – among the highest in Europe

Britons like brick-and-mortar convenience and harbour AI privacy concerns, finds survey

01 Jul 2025

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Pharmacy2U launches stock checker to help patients navigate drug shortages

P2U’s tool helps patients check a medicine’s availability when requesting NHS prescriptions online.

01 Jul 2025

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CCA says members have provided over one million Pharmacy First consultations

The Company Chemists’ Association said its member pharmacies rolled out consultations to nearly 9,000 patients during the Easter weekend.

30 Jun 2025

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Medicines shortages are getting worse across England warns CPE report

Community Pharmacy England's latest pharmacy pressures survey found medicines shortages showed “no sign of improvement”.

30 Jun 2025

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Calls to ‘turbo charge’ pharmacy services as hours wasted in A&E

The NPA wants to expand Pharmacy First to help tackle A&E logjam.

30 Jun 2025

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Nearly all pharmacies considering ‘rearranging’ their core hours

Over 95% looking at rearranging their hours using new regulatory flexibility

30 Jun 2025

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Pharmacist struck off for opiate theft and ‘sexualised banter’

Kent pharmacist displayed a pattern of inappropriate behaviour and dishonesty

30 Jun 2025

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Streeting touts £5m scheme to help school leavers work as pharmacy assistants

Unpaid carers, prison leavers and other groups will be helped to join the health workforce

27 Jun 2025

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National investigation launched into ‘skinny jab’ hospitalisations

MHRA launches study as hundreds of GLP-1 users hospitalised

27 Jun 2025

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Boots pharmacy sales up 5% as parent company loses $3bn

Quarterly results show an almost 20% rise in Boots.com sales compared to last year

27 Jun 2025

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