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The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has raised concerns that proposed changes to online pharmacy regulations would embed “potentially poor practice” and allow pharmacies to “circumvent” guidance.

The medicines regulator has ordered an online pharmacy to amend its advertising for medication “not licensed for weight loss” following a complaint, it has revealed.

A mum of three was landed in hospital shortly after taking weight loss jab Mounjaro, having “bought into” an online pharmacy’s ad for the drug on social media, C+D has learned.

NHS England (NHSE) officials have said they will “respect” GP practices that have switched off Pharmacy First “update record” IT functionality, despite Community Pharmacy England (CPE) calling for commissioners to “push, push, push” surgeries to “play ball”.

The electronic prescribing service (EPS) is now available at “some” community pharmacies in every health board in Wales, the government has announced.

Amazon Pharmacy has announced that it will expand its same-day medication delivery service to 20 new cities in the US next year.

Prescription tracking via the NHS App is set for rollout as soon as January, pending the results of a pilot, NHS England (NHSE) has revealed.

NHS England (NHSE) has revealed plans to add extra patient safety training to pharmacy continued professional development (CPD) requirements.  

New software that “automatically” shares GP referrals with pharmacies has been rolled out, just as new poll data has found that half of pharmacies have seen reduced Pharmacy First referrals due to GP collective action, C+D can reveal.  

Dutch researchers have found that ChatGPT produces “higher accuracy and reproducibility” than pharmacists when answering clinical pharmacy questions.