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Asda pharmacies offer £2 ‘bonus’ to customers who seek insect bite advice

Supermarket chain offering reward card customers £2 if they present with an insect bite

09 Jun 2026

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Commission pharmacies for childhood immunisation role, CCA tells Lords committee

Pharmacies need to be commissioned to deliver more vaccines, Dr Nick Thayer, head of policy at the Company Chemists' Association told House of Lords Childhood Vaccinations Committee earlier this week.

04 Jun 2026

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Boots launches £75 bone health scanning service

Boots pilots osteoporosis risk testing in 10 stores

12 May 2026

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NHS urges sector to ‘take the initiative’ on prescribing services

CPhO David Webb calls on ICBs and sector leaders to agree precribing service scope

11 May 2026

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Pharmacy First challenges: NHS 111 ‘referring dog bites and malaria patients’

Pharmacists air their frustration with inappropriate NHS 111 referrals

07 May 2026

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Holland & Barrett teams up with DSP on medicated weight loss service

Phlo's weight loss service to be made available via the retailer's website

06 May 2026

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PDA: Pharmacy First growth outpacing sector’s capacity

PDA raises concerns about premises and staffing in new report

29 Apr 2026

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Pharmacy First advertising campaign saw intent to use service reach 37%

Pharmacy minister shares findings from public-facing advertising campaign

12 Feb 2026

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Supporting safer medicines use at home

A new remote medicines administration monitoring service has begun recruiting community pharmacies to help tackle medication non-adherence – and get paid for their interventions. Saša Janković reports

17 Oct 2025

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England's shrinking pharmacy estate dispenses record high items

Prescription items topped 1.16 billion in 2024-25, says NHSBSA

16 Oct 2025

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Boots tops a million Pharmacy First consultations

'A significant moment' says the company's services director.

15 Aug 2025

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Pharmacy First “working well” for patients says watchdog

...but more research needed to test outcomes before expanding service, Healthwatch suggests.

01 Jul 2025

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Pharmacy First take up ‘not what we would like’ says minister

Kinnock says Government 'looking at options to increase awareness'

23 Jun 2025

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Over 5 million patients have used Pharmacy First since launch

Sore throat and UTI consultations perform strongly as NHS announces milestone.

29 May 2025

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Scottish Government to expand Pharmacy First with new conditions

'Groundwork being laid' to decide which services will be added

09 May 2025

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