The use of vitamin D has risen by eight per cent in the last 12 months, making it the fastest-growing vitamin in the supplements market.

Alphega Pharmacy has launched an app to help its members offer an online repeat prescription service to their patients.

The Covid pandemic has seen an 11 per cent increase in the sale of pharmacies compared with the same period last year.   

The Covid-19 pandemic continued to hurt Boots UK’s profitability between June and August this year, parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance has said.

Dr Mark Timoney was chief pharmaceutical officer for Northern Ireland for 2013-19

The Department of Health yesterday announced the first list of price concessions for October.

NPA urges Public Health England to allow community pharmacies to provide Covid-19 antibody testing.

Pharmacos that submit applications to some or all of participating countries will have products evaluated in those countries simultaneously

Pharmacy staff who test positive for coronavirus should not give their colleagues’ names to NHS Test and Trace, the PSNC said.

Contractors in Scotland are to receive a payment amounting to 2.5 per cent of the value of items they dispensed in July this year.

RPS president Sandra Gidley wants “robust safety procedures” to protect people when drugs bought online are substituted.

Lloyds responds to concerns raised by the PDA around what it describes as a breach of pharmacists' personal data.

Clear Chemist, which agreed to deliver hormone medication to patients in the UK, will not provide it to people under 18.

Supermarket chain Asda has launched a drive through flu jab service operated by pharmacists.

Superdrug is the first UK pharmacy chain to offer a PrEP service to individuals worried about their HIV risk.

NPA chief executive Mark Lyonette says his organisation will give a 'hard-hitting' response to a Covid-19 inquiry. 

Negotiations between the PDA Union and Boots UK have been referred to ACAS after they were unable to reach an agreement on a lump sum.

Essential Pharma has agreed to continue supplying the drug to the NHS after the UK competition watchdog launched an investigation.

Rowlands Pharmacy is planning to reduce working hours for “many” of its staff across the UK and slash opening hours for most branches in England.

The PSNC said wholesalers allegedly denied pharmacies the supply of a drug if they were not a first-line customer.