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CCA report calls on Labour to add acute headaches and migraine to Pharmacy First

The report said patients can access treatments for headaches from pharmacies but their options for treating migraines were “limited".

20 May 2026

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Medicine Box Ltd goes into liquidation six years after getting £40m PPE contract

Labour has submitted a claim to the company’s liquidators to recover some or all of that public money.

19 May 2026

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‘Experienced’ pharmacist struck off and two suspended over unsafe online dispensing

FtP committee raises concerns around blurred professional structure of family business

19 May 2026

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Local commissioning of pharmacy smoking cessation in England will improve, says LGA

The Local Government Association is hopeful after Labour committed £150 million annually to local councils for stop smoking services.

18 May 2026

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‘Transformative’ weight loss market driving threefold growth in private dispensing

Over 16 million Mounjaro units dispensed in the year to March, say analysts

18 May 2026

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Pharmacy commissioners need to match ambition with action, says Sigma non-exec director

Non-executive director at Sigma, Hatul Shah, says policy makers, commissioners, and system leaders needed to match ambition with action.

18 May 2026

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Medicine shortages to get worse due to US-Iran war

The US-Iran war will exacerbate shortages further down the line, says CPE committee member, Fin McCaul

18 May 2026

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PDA: Just half of pharmacists have a three-month savings buffer

PDA says survey findings point to financial precarity and weak career progression

18 May 2026

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Minister ducks question on learning bursary for MPharm students

Karin Smyth quiet on whether DHSC has considered letting MPharm students access learning fund

18 May 2026

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Warning for locum pharmacist who removed diazepam from stock

Locum warned after being seen on CCTV removing diazepam and omeprazole

15 May 2026

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Streeting’s exit will hit pharmacy if it leads to Kinnock’s departure

Numark chair Harry McQuillan is worried Wes Streeting’s resignation as health secretary could see pharmacy minister Stephen Kinnock leave.

15 May 2026

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GPhC appoints new members to governing council for 2026/2027

Anita Charlesworth will begin her term immediately as a Lay Member. Sheila Kumar, Christopher Langley, Liz Fidler, Ben Hannan and Claire Dearden will begin their terms on 1 April next year.

15 May 2026

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NPA chair presses JCVI for urgent meningitis vaccine clarity after student's death

Olivier Picard urged the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to say if teenagers and young adults will be vaccinated.

15 May 2026

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Streeting resigns as health secretary as PM accused of leadership ‘vacuum’

Streeting tells Starmer it would be 'dishonourable' to remain in post

14 May 2026

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Alcohol-specific deaths in UK fell to lowest level for three years, reveals ONS

The Office for National Statistics revealed 9,809 people died from “alcohol-specific causes” compared with 10,048 in 2022.

14 May 2026

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Currys chief Alex Baldock to head up Boots from the autumn

Baldock to take over from Anthony Hemmerdinger in leadership shake-up

14 May 2026

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