A revised pharmacy quality scheme for the first part of 2020-21 has been agreed.

Contractors are to receive a further £20 million cash advance at the end of June, bringing the total cash injections from Government to £370m.

Medicines stockpiled by in preparation for a no deal Brexit are running out due to the pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry has warned.

The DHSC says no pharmacy team member needs to isolate for 14 days if they were wearing PPE at the time of Covid-19 contact.  

PSNC says the DHSC will increase medicine reimbursement prices by £15 million next month.

More details have been made available on the eligibility criteria for the Government's controversial new life assurance scheme.

There are no plans to release medicines from the DHSC's reduced Essential Medicines Buffer Stockpile.

Patient apps, a new take on dispensary IT and the ongoing saga of hub-and-spoke are among the elements shaping the development of technology in community pharmacy.

Chief pharmaceutical officer Keith Ridge has told community pharmacies they are to receive facemasks.

Pharmacy wholesalers can now hold supplies of cannabis-based medicines for future use by patients.

The DHSC has announced the prescription charge in England will increase from April 1.

A worsening of the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK could see retired NHS staff called back to duty to prop up the health service.

The NPA is launching an economic analysis on the impact of the five-year funding settlement on independent pharmacies.

A new bill set before Parliament today aims to extend prescribing powers to more health professions.

The government is planning to offer pharmacists and paramedics a fast-track conversion course to retrain as doctors.

DHSC advises no-deal preparations should cease.

Prescribing rates of high doses of vitamin D are at an all-time high for British children.

An export ban on colestyramine sachets and fluticasone propionate nasules came into effect on December 5.

Four more medicines have been added to the list of those that cannot be parallel exported from the UK.

The government reveals plans to “increase the range of professions able to prescribe low-risk medicines."