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Pharmacy students outperform AI

ChatGPT knows less about therapeutics than pharmacy students, suggests new research from the US.

05 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Drug misuse deaths in Scotland falls – but opioids the most common cause

The National Records of Scotland said the number of deaths fell to its lowest figure since 2017.

05 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Politicians in Northern Ireland visit pharmacies to find out about palliative care

The politicians went to Daly’s Pharmacy in Banbridge and Sweeney’s Pharmacy in Holywood to mark Palliative Care Week.

05 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Patients in UK put pharmacists before AI, says report

Despite the major Government push to digitise healthcare and integrate artificial intelligence into NHS services, UK patients are showing strong resistance to AI consultations and instead placing growing trust in community pharmacists, according to the latest STADA Health Report.

04 Sep 2025 , 4 Min Article

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Pharmacist who made false insurance declarations to GPhC suspended for six months

Babak Gholamhosseini ran two pharmacies without appropriate professional indemnity insurance over extended periods.

04 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Diary note: Countdown to CCA conference

The Company Chemists’ Association’s inaugural conference will take place next week in central London.

03 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacist who gave child shingles vaccine suspended for four months

Kofi Akuamoah Boahene thought Zostavax was effective against chickenpox even though it was not listed in the patient group direction.

03 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pressure on Jhoots increases as another MP demands answers about poor service

Liberal Democrat MP Ian Roome has written to Jhoots CEO Manjit Jhooty after “a series of unexpected closures at local pharmacies” in North Devon.

03 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Reminder: Revised Pharmacy First clinical pathways from October

The updated pathways contain new Gateway Points and will come into effect in October.

02 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Former deputy chief medical officer to chair CPE Committee

Former deputy chief medical officer for England, Professor Dame Jenny Harries DBE DL, succeeds Sue Killen as non-exec chair at CPE.

02 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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CPS launches manifesto ahead of Scottish Parliament elections

CPS manifesto identifies four policy priorities where investment and commitment from the Scottish Government are needed.

02 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Changes to three CPCF services due to come into effect in October

Changes to England's Pharmacy First, PCS and NMS due in October subject to clinical IT systems being ready on schedule.

02 Sep 2025 , 2 Min Article

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CPE indicates it will push Labour to include pharmacies in NHS chickenpox programme

The first ever NHS chickenpox vaccination programme is expected to start in England in January next year.

01 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Police hunt woman after seizing £32,000 of alleged fake Mounjaro and Ozempic

Detectives from City of London Police want to question Christina Parfitt, 40, in connection with the illegal sale of the medicines.

01 Sep 2025 , 1 Min Article

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'Very disappointing': Government refuses to raise flu £9.58 jab fee

Service fee stuck at £9.58 for seventh year running as CPE blasts 'unacceptable' decision

29 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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GPhC clamps down on pharmacies over marketing of Mounjaro alternatives

Numerous complaints of pharmacies 'incentivising' bulk-buying and inappropriate switches

29 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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