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NHS spend on liquid paracetamol for care home patients up 240%

Unit costs double as patient numbers and average daily dose increase

11 Jun 2026

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GPhC issues important advice for newly qualified pharmacists

The GPhC has issued important advice for newly qualified pharmacist prescribers to ensure they prescribe safely, effectively, and within their competence

10 Jun 2026

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Boots public listing could be abandoned as rivals bid for $10bn acquisition

Australian and Canadian bidders reportedly vying to buy the UK’s largest pharmacy multiple

10 Jun 2026

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Asda pharmacies offer £2 ‘bonus’ to customers who seek insect bite advice

Supermarket chain offering reward card customers £2 if they present with an insect bite

09 Jun 2026

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Community pharmacy children's flu vaccination service expanded

The community pharmacy flu vaccination service for children has been extended and expanded

09 Jun 2026

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Childhood immunisation in Scotland fails to reach WHO target

Despite improvements in uptake, the childhood immunisation programme in Scotland is still failing to reach the the World Health Organization (WHO) target of at least 95% coverage

09 Jun 2026

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Boots sees annual profit rise by 24% to £260m despite dip in pharmacy revenue

Thriving beauty category and online sales drove chain’s profit in the year to September

09 Jun 2026

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‘Unusual case’: Pharmacy technician warned over police assault conviction

GPhC describes assault case as ‘unusual and exceptional’ as it issues warning

08 Jun 2026

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Deal done but void remains

NPA chair, Olivier Picard, reflects on the outcome of the contractual framework negotiations

08 Jun 2026

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How one ICB is committing to community pharmacy prescribing

James Roach, director of neighbourhood health, NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight, outlines his plans for integrating community pharmacies into neighbourhoods and making the most of independent prescribing

08 Jun 2026

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Paper prescriptions ‘forged by surgery staff to gain access to Mounjaro’

Security firm sounds alarm over ‘pattern of fraud’ involving forged GP signatures

05 Jun 2026

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Do trainee pharmacists feel ready to prescribe?

As the profession’s first cohort of foundation year trainee pharmacists qualify as independent prescribers, Saša Janković asks four of them how it feels to be standing at the frontier of pharmacy

05 Jun 2026

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New Seqirus flu vaccine for over-50s gets MHRA approval

Aujemflu approval follows trial involving more than 7,600 over-50s

04 Jun 2026

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Atorvastatin was most dispensed medicine in England in 2025-26

The statin is the most dispensed medicine since 2016-17, while 78 million items were dispensed in 2025-26.

04 Jun 2026

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Four-month suspension for locum who removed seven lorazepam tablets

Locum seen on CCTV removing blister strip from hospital pharmacy

04 Jun 2026

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Kamsons profitable despite 37% drop in EBITDA, accounts reveal

Turnover and gross profit rise at Kamsons despite director’s inflation warning

04 Jun 2026

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