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The number of prescriptions written by independent prescriber community optometrists and sent for dispensing in pharmacies is set to rise.
05 Aug 2025
Prioritise active TB cases to conserve supplies, MHRA tells prescribers
31 Jul 2025
The number of patients prescribed the medicines fell by 14 per cent, going from 8.1 million in 2016-17 to seven million in 2024-25.
NHS Business Services Authority revealed 92.6 million antidepressant items were prescribed to about 8.89 million patients in 2024-25.
25 Jul 2025
Akshay Sennik, 31, stole two Ozempic pens from New Cross Pharmacy in South-East London where he worked and sold them on.
22 Jul 2025
Bereaved family launches awareness campaign following inquest
15 Jul 2025
RPS now supportive of the facilitated self-selection of Pharmacy medicines, where a community pharmacy chooses to implement such models.
A coroner warned there is a lack of clear and consistent guidance that GP health checks should include electrocardiograms for patients on long-term antipsychotics.
Disruptions to medicine supply chains causing harm to patients and placing an unsustainable burden on community pharmacies, says APPG inquiry.
08 Jul 2025
CPE has condemned price cuts estimated at £35 million a quarter for Drug Tariff Category M products which come into effect from July.
01 Jul 2025
Tirzepatide (Mounjaro) is now available through NHS primary care services in England to restricted groups of patients under three year roll-out plan.
24 Jun 2025
The MHRA issued a “precautionary recall” of two batches of Chelonia Healthcare Limited’s Paracetamol 500mg Tablets after discoloured tablets were found in some packs.
10 Jun 2025
The National Pharmacy Association said regulations and guidance must "keep pace” with the huge demand for weight loss medicines.
05 Jun 2025
The National Pharmacy Association has said people with cystic fibrosis, pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer are travelling 30 miles to get supplies of the medicine.
02 Jun 2025
Twelve suspects arrested after dawn raids across the West Midlands and the Northwest of England in MHRA's largest investigation into organised medicines trafficking to date.
29 Apr 2025
Analysing data from 2016 to 2020, researchers found 6.3 per cent of bacteria showed resistance to ceftazidime/avibactam.
