Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy 2026, Episode 15

England's community pharmacy prescribing service finally goes live. Or does it? The Editors try – and fail – to unpick the confusing, complicated and completely convoluted clinical pathways. At just £17 per eligible consultation and myriad hoops to jump through before pharmacists can even start prescribing, is anyone going to bother? Plus another pharmacy chain insolvency, the ASA cracks down on promoting weight loss POMs and the shambolic ICB reorganisation goes from bad to worse. There's also an epic Monty Python fail. Meaning of Brian, anyone?