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Opinion: Let’s stick together

The journey ahead for pharmacy will not be an easy one, but it is a journey best taken together, says NPA chair Olivier Picard.

28 Nov 2025

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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

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Ask Your Pharmacist Week launches with Westminster event

This year’s campaign starts with a drop-in event for MPs in Westminster.

03 Nov 2025

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NPA: Deprived areas with greatest health needs worst hit by closures

Deprived areas disproportionately impacted by pharmacy closures in the last three years, according to new NPA analysis.

24 Oct 2025

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NPA: Community pharmacy could ’save the NHS billions’

The sector could save the NHS billions of pounds and improve patients’ lives through smarter medicines use, a new economic analysis has revealed.

06 Oct 2025

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Large multiples to lose a seat on CPE voting committee

'Interim arrangements' for committee to kick in from November

29 Sep 2025

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NPA warns pharmacies still teetering on the brink of closure

NHS figures show that a further 72 pharmacies have closed this year so far in England, around two a week.

27 Aug 2025

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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

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Pharmacies in NPA survey report surge in shoplifting in past year

Nine in 10 pharmacies have seen a surge in shoplifting in the past year, and 87 per cent have seen an increase in aggressive behaviour towards staff.

12 Aug 2025

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Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Olivier Picard, NPA (part 2)

In part 2 of this In Conversation With podcast, NPA chair Olivier Picard talks about the big opportunities presented by pharmacist prescribing – if the commissioning structures and funding are right. Also about how to make community pharmacy attractive and inspiring to young pharmacists.

19 Jul 2025

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Calls to ‘turbo charge’ pharmacy services as hours wasted in A&E

The NPA wants to expand Pharmacy First to help tackle A&E logjam.

30 Jun 2025

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Opinion: It’s why we get out of bed

When I wake up each morning, I don’t think only about what I have planned for the day, but also why I am doing it. So says new NPA chair Olivier Picard.

26 Jun 2025

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Spending review: Labour urged to give pharmacy a share of £29bn uplift

Pharmacy bodies issue rapid responses to Reeves spending review announcement

11 Jun 2025

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Henry Gregg begins tenure as NPA chief exec

Henry Gregg, formerly director of external affairs at Asthma + Lung UK, starts work as new NPA chief executive.

27 May 2025

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Pharmacies receive inappropriate antibiotic requests ‘at least once a day’

Public swapping unused antibiotics on Facebook, finds new NPA survey

06 May 2025

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