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Scottish pharmacy sector to receive 3.5% boost to global sum funding

Global sum to rise by £8.5m as £10m transferred to dispensing pool

25 Sep 2026

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Framework to expand independent prescribing across UK launched by NPA

The framework said there must be “sustainable remuneration and routine NHS commissioning" for independent prescribing.

25 Sep 2026

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Research to explore challenges for pharmacies in tackling codeine use

Pharmacists struggle with unclear referral pathways say Ulster University researchers

25 Sep 2026

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Royal College of Pharmacy urges Scottish Government to do more to stop rising drug deaths

The Royal College of Pharmacy said the government failed to implement its 2021 recommendations.

24 Sep 2026

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CPE explores fee changes depending on duration of treatment

Contract reform and branded generics discussed at CPE's June committee meeting

24 Sep 2026

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Pharmacy First should be ‘properly rewarded’ say Liberal Democrats

Lib Dems urge Labour to put pharmacies on ‘sustainable financial footing’

23 Sep 2026

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GPhC seeks Google meeting after drug dealers pose as pharmacies on Google Maps

An investigation found dealers were selling cocaine, ketamine, counterfeit banknotes and guns.

23 Sep 2026

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Insurance claims from pharmacy vaccinations up 125%, says NPAI

Make notes of all consultations in case of claims, says NPA Insurance

22 Sep 2026

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Avicenna partners with Healthya to help members deliver clinical services

Avicenna has partnered Healthya to help its member pharmacies deliver clinical services.

22 Sep 2026

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Regulator issues CD storage enforcement action against care home DSP

‘System-wide’ risk management failures uncovered at London-based DSP

22 Sep 2026

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CPE warns Labour not to push more work on pharmacies without ‘proper support’

Community Pharmacy England chief Janet Morrison warned Labour it risks undermining pharmacy services ahead of its party conference this weekend.

21 Sep 2026

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GP practice says ‘comprehensive’ medicines and prescribing policy in place after patient’s death

An inquest heard Alison Rose Thomas obtained a month’s supply of codeine “on the strength of an unverified assertion" she was to travel to France.

21 Sep 2026

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Pharmacy staff sentenced after investigation into prescription drug theft

Two ex-pharmacy employees and a third individual receive suspended sentences

17 Sep 2026

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Coroner makes GP referral warning following propranolol overdose death

Coroner issues report after inquest into young Essex woman’s death

17 Sep 2026

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RCPharm urges MHRA to review safety information for propranolol

The Royal College of Pharmacy is concerned people at risk of overdose, self-harm and suicide continue to be prescribed the medicine.

17 Sep 2026

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Pharmacist who conducted unjustified physical examination and asked sexual questions struck off

A GPhC fitness to practise committee said Ali Hassan “exploited the imbalance of power between a pharmacist and a patient”.

17 Sep 2026

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