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Don’t set experience requirements for RPs, CCA urges regulator

Setting minimum requirements for Responsible Pharmacists would create disruption, says trade body

10 Apr 2026

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NPA supports GOSH study showing switch from liquid medicines to tablets benefits kids

Great Ormond Street Hospital’s research showed switching children to tablets or pills could save £40,000 a year per patient.

10 Apr 2026

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Prescribers’ awareness of propranolol risk must improve, coroner warns

Examining the death of a man in July 2020, the coroner for London Inner South said there is “no specific antidote” to an overdose of the drug.

09 Apr 2026

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Labour announces US pharma partnership alongside new NICE approval approach

Government claims thousands will benefit from zero-tariff deal with US

09 Apr 2026

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‘Deskilling’ threat could drive pharmacist prescribers into private sector

Policymakers and regulators need tailored plans to stop IPs 'deskilling' warns report

09 Apr 2026

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Pharmacy prescriber pathfinders extended in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire

Three pharmacies in Nottinghamshire and five in Lincolnshire have been funded for another 12 months.

09 Apr 2026

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Profits up 57% at family-owned Jardines Pharmacy

Post-tax profits up at the Jardines group despite 'stagnant' funding

08 Apr 2026

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Ad for online pharmacy promoting weight loss jabs exploited mums’ body image insecurities

The Advertising Standards Authority warned Juniper UK after it published a paid-for Facebook ad encouraging new mums to use weight loss drugs.

08 Apr 2026

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RPS appoints director of pharmacy ahead of transition to Royal College

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said Justine Scanlan will "lead on the new royal college’s ambitions" when she starts the job in June.

07 Apr 2026

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Ex-online pharmacist suspended for role in issuing high-risk prescriptions

Pharmacist failed to challenge unsafe practices at UK Meds, finds FtP committee

07 Apr 2026

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Chronic hepatitis C infections fall in England, latest data shows

However, about one in three people who injected drugs said needle and syringe provisions are not good enough.

07 Apr 2026

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Petition calling for pharmacy access to NHS Learning Support Fund gathers momentum

Pharmacy student Zeenat Nosheen Akmal, who started the petition, said full access to the fund would ensure students are not financially disadvantaged.

02 Apr 2026

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Pharmacist struck off after conviction for distributing indecent images

Pharmacist removed from the register after forwarding images sent to him on WhatsApp

02 Apr 2026

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NI health minister rules out removing clawback to bolster pharmacy by £20 million

Mike Nesbitt told the Northern Ireland Assembly allowing pharmacies to keep the money was “a bridge too far”.

02 Apr 2026

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Less than half of UK adults aware that GLP-1s are prescription medicines

Online ads perceived as putting pressure on women to lose weight, ASA survey finds

02 Apr 2026

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Two men who broke into Boots branch and stole prescription medicine jailed

Reece James Chilcott, 34, of Westridge Road in Southampton, and Billy Brian Chilcott, 31, of no fixed address, were jailed.

02 Apr 2026

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