The funding crisis facing the community pharmacy sector in Northern Ireland will cause widespread closures, CPNI has said

Pharmaceutical wholesaler Alliance Healthcare has marked its 80-year anniversary with a series of events and activities

A “rising number of concerns about registrants” being raised is among the workload factors that have contributed to the GPhC's proposing to increase its fees

Ask Your Pharmacist Week has kicked off, with pharmacies around the country providing information on medicines safety

Adalimumab (Humira; AbbVie) is a biological medicine used to treat conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease

The Government’s reclassification of cannabis-based products for medicinal use came into force on Thursday November 1, meaning specialist doctors may now prescribe them

With 100 days to go before the February 9 deadline for the Falsified Medicines Directive, community pharmacies should not delay in ensuring they are FMD-ready, the National Pharmacy Association has said

Little in the budget to directly cheer community pharmacies; an upside on investment allowances for those considering automation, and changes to business rates to benefit small businesses likely to be offset by 4.9 per cent increase in the national living wage from April

With less than six months to go before the UK leaves the European Union, there are still major concerns around medicines supply in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the commons health committee heard last week

GSK has placed a temporary hold on stock distribution to facilitate its move towards a reduced wholesaler model

Chancellor Philip Hammond has today (Monday 29 October) delivered his 2018 budget, describing it as bringing an end to the “age of austerity”

NHS England has published the paperwork for the 2018-19 national community pharmacy clinical audit, which all contractors must complete by the end of the year

The Medicines Optimisation Care Homes Team will be working with GPs to help residents get the most out of their medication, says the CCG

The figure includes ‘lost output’ of patient care caused by reduced access to information and cancelled appointments, and additional IT support provided to restore data and systems

The consultation deals with how legislation and regulatory processes would have to be modified in the event of the UK not securing a deal with the EU after the UK’s exit, with no implementation period

The policy paper from NHS Digital says the state of online services, basic IT and clinical tools in health and care is far behind where it needs to be

The new(ish) health secretary Matt Hancock has shown he has a sense of humour and at least some idea of how community pharmacists contribute to primary care

Former Cancer Research chief is optimistic about the science and the future for cancer treatment, but says recent promise of £20bn extra for the NHS by 2023 will at best help the system stand still rather than meet Prime Minister's renewed (and welcome) ambition on early cancer diagnosis

‘Keep Antibiotics Working’ campaign kicks off on October 23; highlights pharmacy  

The Government says there has been an increase in fatalities linked to the drugs, which are used to treat nerve pain, epilepsy and anxiety but can cause addiction