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Proposals to allow pharmacists to qualify via a five-year apprenticeship scheme have sparked controversy as the profession seeks clarity

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society made a loss of more than £1.2 million in 2018, according to its latest annual financial statement

A new government-funded indemnity scheme for GP practices will, for the first time, cover practice pharmacists

NHS Wales has been told to make better use of the expertise of pharmacists to support evidence-based prescribing

The RPS has joined others in warning that “ambitious” GPhC proposals need "considerable investment and infrastructure"

Community pharmacies can do a lot to address sexual health issues like STIs and HIV says Public Health England

Pharmacist Mariam Ahmed’s petition has received over 10,000 signatures, thereby requiring a Government response

RPS president Ash Soni spoke to the BBC about the dangers of DNP, sold illegally online as a weight loss treatment

A cut of 25 per cent in salary support for NHS preregistration trainees announced by HEE will be put on hold

Prescription charges are causing over half of asthma patients in England to cut back on their medications, Asthma UK has warned

7,000 POM and P medicines and 500 GSLs come from or via Europe, health minister Stephen Hammond said

Over 12 per cent of five to 19-year-olds are currently dealing with at least one mental health disorder

The Government is backing digital healthcare in a big way, but is the public interest there yet?

Primary care “must play its part” in NHS savings and the cost hike is part of this programme, the Government says

A new report highlights community pharmacy’s role in preventing and treating diabetes

Pharmacy bodies have collaborated on a learning resource on the events at Gosport, which saw at least 450 patients die

By Royal Pharmaceutical Society England board chair Sandra Gidley As the dust settles from the publication of the long-awaited NHS Long-Term Plan, many across the profession will be looking to what it means in practice. There are certainly opportunities for pharmacy, but it would be fair to say some in the community sector will be wondering what happens next. Pharmacists certainly featured more than ever before and it was great to see NHS England recognise how central their skills will be to meeting its ambitions around patient safety and delivering better value from the billions of pounds spent on medicines each year.

Pharmacists are advised that despite early glitches most medicine packs with FMD safety features may be dispensed

The role recognises "pharmacists who combine the highest level of clinical competence with a drive to innovate"

There is increasing focus in the healthcare sector on the issues that can occur as a result of polypharmacy