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Trainee pharmacist fined after ‘antisemitic’ social media post

A trainee pharmacist has been fined more than £1,000 after pleading guilty to posting a “grossly offensive” and “hateful antisemitic” message on social media.

Pharmacy ‘ghost sign’ uncovered by new ‘escape room’ tenants

A ‘ghost sign’ for a pharmacy that traded over a hundred years ago has been uncovered on an escape room’s shopfront during a refurbishment.

‘Danger to life’: Storm Éowyn shuts down NI pharmacies

Storm Éowyn has temporarily shut down some Northern Irish pharmacies after the Met Office issued a red weather warning that “represents a likely danger to life and severe disruption”.

Government-funded pharmacy to rent out consultation rooms

A pharmacist has received a six-figure loan from the Welsh government to open a new pharmacy with rentable consultation rooms for other “independent contractors”.

Boots and Well worker found guilty of two consultation sex offences

Tauqeer Azam has been found guilty of sexually assaulting one woman and directing “remarks of a sexual nature” to another while conducting medical examinations at two pharmacies.

Staff struggle to feed their kids after Jhoots missed January wages

Jhoots pharmacy staff have handed in their notice after a missed January pay-day left them facing eviction and unable to “afford school lunches”, C+D has learned.

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

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

US pharmacy groups made billions from ‘critical drug’ price hikes

A US government report has found that three of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) “hiked costs” of “lifesaving drugs” including cancer and HIV treatments by “thousands of percent” between 2017 and 2022.

Coroner: Patient overdosed after pharmacy ‘welfare concern’ missed

A coroner has warned that the lack of “communication between primary and secondary care” may lead to the “early death” of more patients, after an NHS trust was not made aware of a pharmacy’s warning.

RPS planning to vote on ‘Royal College’ status in March

A vote on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS) bid to become a royal college is expected to be held in March, C+D has learned.