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GPhC confirms supervision legislation launch timeframes

Pharmacists will be able to authorise pharmacy technicians to hand out checked and bagged prescriptions from January 7 next yeaR.

12 Dec 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Minimax Pharmacy contract removal a sign of 'emboldened' ICBs, says expert

Commissioners will follow Hampshire ICB's decision closely, says legal expert

10 Dec 2025 , 1 Min Article

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‘Operation Lamborghini’ leads to convictions for online medicines ring

Convictions 'send a clear message' to online traffickers says watchdog

26 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Serial shoplifter banned from all Boots stores in England and Wales

Criminal behaviour order bars convicted shoplifter from all Boots branches

18 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy technician struck off for taking part in £600k cocaine smuggling

Smuggling pair caught with cocaine in luggage when travelling back from Jamaica

11 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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‘No arrests’ as Northampton raid sees largest ever seizure of illegal GLP-1s

MHRA crackdown seizes £250k worth of fake and illegal weight loss jabs

24 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Edinburgh pharmacy offering reward after ‘large quantity’ of Mounjaro stolen

Police issue appeal after Saturday night GLP raid

08 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Police drop case after NPA chair ‘threatened’ by 'thief' caught on CCTV

Police response lacking in wake of theft distress says NPA chair Olivier Picard

20 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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‘The police aren’t interested’: London pharmacy lost £100 a day to shoplifters

Thieves 'aren't frightened at all' says Lewis Grove Pharmacy owner Salim Jetha

12 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Community service order for diazepam theft pharmacist

Pharmacist 'blatantly abused his position' says Government official

08 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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‘Robust management style’: Ex-Avicenna manager wins unfair dismissal case

Avicenna Retail failed to establish the facts before firing manager, tribunal finds

24 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Six-month suspension for pharmacist after stalking conviction

Prison pharmacist suspended after convicted of stalking junior colleague

15 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Botox nurse gets £8k fine after ‘bypassing’ pharmacist checks

Aesthetics nurse prescriber committed 'fraud pure and simple' says judge

10 Jul 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Digital pharmacy fends off administration after sacking its founder

Phlo wins battle to stay in business as former CEO accused of loan collusion

25 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Coroner seeks answers from RCGP over suicide of patient with mental illness

The coroner in Cheshire said “not all GPs book follow-up appointments for patients presenting with mental health difficulties".

27 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Coroner seeks answers from Greater Manchester ICB and medical centre over patient's death

An inquest into the death of Louise Danielle Rosendale heard there were "very limited attempts to review long-term prescribing of opiates to her".

21 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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