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CCA 'strongly disagrees' with proposed Level 4 qualifications for pharmacy technicians

Trade body says changing qualification could lead to £150m in higher costs

18 Dec 2025

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November assessment results out – 62 per cent pass

The General Pharmaceutical Council said 1,174 trainee pharmacists sat the assessment on November 11 and 722 of those passed.

16 Dec 2025

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CPPE launches digital healthcare learning gateway

CPPE digital healthcare learning gateway gives pharmacists access to external learning modules on digital technology and clinical informatics.

09 Dec 2025

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Coroner: GP surgery failed to carry out meds review in ‘drug seeking’ patient

New surgery should have offered review to man prescribed numerous pain medicines, inquest finds

09 Dec 2025

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Pharmacy premises could face ‘interim suspension’ under forthcoming GPhC policy

Regulator aims to develop policy on owner disqualification in summer 2026

08 Dec 2025

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Boots partners with Oxford Uni on clinical trial recruitment study

Durham branch to recruit UTI patients to AMR study

03 Dec 2025

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Pharmacist suspended after conviction for falsely claiming £52k in Universal Credit

Pharmacist failed to declare assets when claiming for Universal Credit

28 Nov 2025

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GPhC appoints deputy police regulator as its new chief executive

IOPC deputy director Kathie Cashell to head up the regulator from next March

27 Nov 2025

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Joe Irvin to chair Trustee Board of future Royal College

Joe Irvin OBE has been appointed as the inaugural chair of the Board of Trustees of the future Royal College of Pharmacy (RCPharm).

25 Nov 2025

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Professional leadership: a good time for pharmacy to raise its game

Six months from the launch of the Royal College of Pharmacy, the independent chair of the advisory group on pharmacy leadership says current healthcare challenges require better and more inclusive professional leadership of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. Sir Hugh Taylor explains why.

19 Nov 2025

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New University of Suffolk pharmacy course secures six-figure grant

The OfS has awarded £457,000 to the University of Suffolk to support its MPharm course being launched in September 2026.

18 Nov 2025

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IPA reps graduate from ‘observers’ to full CPE committee members

CPE names three new appointments to its committee amid shake-up

14 Nov 2025

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'I don't have a life': 7 in 10 say pharmacy pressures affect mental health

CPE survey reveals work-related stress is almost universal in pharmacy

12 Nov 2025

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Pharmacy technician struck off for taking part in £600k cocaine smuggling

Smuggling pair caught with cocaine in luggage when travelling back from Jamaica

11 Nov 2025

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GPhC ‘very concerned’ as patients with anorexia access GLP-1s online

TV investigation finds eating disorder clinics increasingly concerned about online pharmacies

11 Nov 2025

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CPE committee member calls for national pharmacy deprescribing service

Sukhi Basra said pharmacists were already deprescribing “informally” and should be funded for it.

07 Nov 2025

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