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0Margaret Billings sustained fatal injuries when she was caught between a moving boat and a riverbank during a day out “with family and friends”, an inquest has found.
2C+D rounds up some of the immediate pharmacy reaction to news that NHS England will be abolished, with more control moving back to the government and local leaders…
3Wes Streeting has revealed that the DH is “immediately” working to scrap NHS England (NHSE) and put a new “transformation team” in place – adding that it is in the “very final stages” of concluding a new pharmacy contract deal.
1Alliance Healthcare has revealed “plans to close” two Midlands service centres and proposed cuts at another, putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
4Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that NHS England will be abolished to bring the management of the NHS “back into democratic control”.
0The Danish drugmaker has launched a “direct-to-patient” pharmacy, offering "all dose strengths of Wegovy at a reduced cost”.
5The pharmacy minister has revealed that just £82 million of the “up to” £645m Pharmacy First budget was spent in the first eight months of 2024/25 – as an NHS official has revealed that they are “not aware” of further plans to publicise the service.
0The pharmacy regulator has issued a warning to a pharmacist who “engaged in unsolicited services from an unknown broker” for “financial gain”.
2Award-winning Wicker Pharmacy has moved out of one of its premises in the hope this will save up to £60,000 a year to stay “sustainable”, it told C+D.
3The 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”.
0A coroner has warned of the “potential dangers” of a trio of drugs, after a patient died who had been on them for four years “without concern”.
0The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has called for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) to “abandon its hastily convened ballot” on royal college status, while others called for a dissenting board member to “resign immediately”.
1M&D Green has bought nine Scottish community pharmacies from Northern Ireland-based Gordons Chemists in its “largest acquisition to date”.
2In the first month of its updated guidance, the pharmacy regulator has already referred three individuals for fitness-to-practise (FtP) investigations for concerns around weight management drugs, C+D has learned.
0Commissioners are looking for 66 pharmacies in the Midlands to offer a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and pertussis vaccination service.
0A review of Oriel placements has found that large numbers of pharmacy trainees are at risk of being paid below minimum wage from April – and that their employers may break the law.
1Piri, the UK’s best-selling allergy care range, is expanding its hay fever relief portfolio with the introduction of Pirilieve Hayfever Relief Tablets (120mg fexofenadine hydrochloride), suitable for adults and adolescents of 12+.
8Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has “entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired” by private equity firm Sycamore Partners.
0Members of parliament have argued that the government has not “properly considered” the effects of the upcoming National Insurance Contributions (NICs) hike on community pharmacies.
10The pharmacy regulator has revealed that it has “opened an investigation into the concerns raised” by a coroner after a man who was unable to get his prescription died.