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Alcohol harm charity Drinkaware has announced the rollout of a free “drinking check” in all of Morrisons’ 117 pharmacies across the UK to assess the “drinking habits” of customers.
The PDA has confirmed that a “secret postal ballot” will take place later this month to secure union recognition at Superdrug, with results expected in mid-February.
A toddler with a Strep A infection was given antibiotics too late after a pharmacist could not issue alternative medication during shortages due to restrictions, a coroner has found.
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has set out five “tests” for a funding deal and warned that it will “not hesitate” to recommend collective action if these are not met.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to review the ongoing issue of pharmacies dispensing at a loss after the topic was raised at PMQs last week, when one MP stated that a local contractor had been “forced to pay over 100 times more” for certain medications.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has flagged the potential for AI to be used in Pharmacy First and has stressed that healthcare regulation “must not stifle” AI innovation.
A locum has been left “disgusted that a huge pharmacy such as Boots” cancelled his locum shift at short notice, in a move that is “getting quite commonplace”, C+D has learned.
CPE has said that while it is “positive” that the government has “partially” accepted the majority of recommendations in the health and social care committee’s (HSCC) pharmacy report, there are still “some significant disappointments”.
A Doncaster pharmacy worker has been “rumbled” after she created a “false identity” to speak to a prison inmate and steal medication.
A coroner has called for pharmacists to refer patients to hospital departments to ensure they “are not left without important medications” during drug shortages.
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has revealed that its losses increased 296% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025.
Northern Ireland has become the only country in the UK to extend its NHS flu vaccination programme to the 50-64 age group amid increasing pressure on hospitals.
As we enter the new year, pharmacies have filed their annual accounts – with reports ranging from “satisfactory” profits to multimillion-pound losses...
The GP body has warned that “any closures” in the pharmacy network will add pressure to GPs “struggling to meet demand”.
Close to 2,000 pharmacies are taking part in a two-day national strike calling for “higher wages” and “lower work pressure” less than two months after their previous strike.
A postgraduate pharmacy student has been removed from the register after she “falsified” documents during her studies, “invented reasons for absences” and made “widespread clinical failures” during her time of employment.
The GPhC has announced that it is “co-hosting a national pharmacy technician fellowship” with NHS England “for the first time”, with applications opening this month.
New caps on the maximum number of paid Pharmacy First consultations have begun this month, rising between 55% and 94% across different types of pharmacies.
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has warned that it will have “little choice but to advise pharmacies to take collective action later this month” if delays to the pharmacy contract negotiations continue.
MPs have called for “financial incentives” to be introduced to encourage GPs to "work with pharmacies” and engage with the Pharmacy First service, amid new plans for Pharmacy First ear, nose and throat (ENT) services.