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."

The DHSC has ordered 400,000 extra doses of the adult flu vaccine for the 2019-20 flu season, it was announced yesterday.

Pharmacists have been granted powers to dispense an “alternative strength or pharmaceutical form” of fluoxetine.

Several HRT suppliers are putting “demand management processes” in place in the wake of acute stock shortages.

The Government will consider offering MMR vaccinations in “settings outside of a GP” to improve protection rates.

The DHSC has said the data it collects on medicines prices has improved since new regulations came into force.

PSNC is warning that payment for July prescriptions will reflect the new categorisation, not the information published in the July Drug Tariff.