Cos Potter joined C+D as its news editor in December 2022 but has been covering primary care news for over five years. After starting out at the pharmacy press in 2019, she worked at a GP title for several years before the pharmacy sector beckoned her back.

Latest from Costanza Potter

Royal college row: RPS hits back at critics as CPhOs say ‘vote yes’

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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has responded to criticisms of its plans to register as a charity and gain royal college status, stressing that it followed a “democratic process”.

‘Overwhelming opposition’: 93% of pharmacists reject P-med self-selection

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A new survey has revealed that the vast majority of PDA members are opposed to making Pharmacy medicines (P-meds) available for self-selection.

PDA reveals 14% Boots trainee pharmacist pay uplift

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The pharmacy union has revealed that it has agreed an increase of up to 14% in the pay rate for trainee pharmacists with Boots.

Supermarket cough medicines recalled over ‘foreign material’

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A manufacturer is recalling several batches of cough medicine, including some it produces for Tesco and Asda, after “foreign material” was found in some bottles.

‘Open every day since 1952’: Wicker Pharmacy celebrates 73 years

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Award-winning Wicker Pharmacy in Sheffield has celebrated 73 years of late opening “every single day”.

Funded community pharmacy technician apprenticeship ‘oversubscribed’

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The newly announced community pharmacy technician apprenticeship scheme is “oversubscribed”, NHS England (NHSE) has revealed.