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Financial Management & Funding · 21 Oct 2026 · 2 Min Pharmacists cannot do ‘more for less’, warns PDA as Labour plans 2.4% pay rise

21 Oct 2026 · 2 Min Pharmacists would need IP qualification for ‘high-risk’ cosmetic procedures under Labour plans

Travel health · 20 Oct 2026 · 1 Min MHRA withdraws authorisation for chikungunya vaccine

Medicines · 19 Oct 2026 · 3 Min Over 5.3 million people in UK prescribed opioids every year, new research finds

Medication safety · 19 Oct 2026 · 2 Min Some antidepressant PILs to highlight risk of persistent sexual dysfunction

Financial Management & Funding · 19 Oct 2026 · 1 Min Items per pharmacy in England up for fifth successive year, figures reveal

Legal · 16 Oct 2026 · 1 Min Pharmacist jailed for six years after £1.3m NHS fraud conviction

Regulations · 16 Oct 2026 · 3 Min Survey reveals registrants’ concerns over GPhC’s ability to listen to their views

Education & training · 15 Oct 2026 · 2 Min ‘Significant concern’ over one-year qualification pathway for overseas pharmacists

Medicines · 15 Oct 2026 · 2 Min MHRA seizes £2 million worth of fake weight loss medicines in Birmingham

Public health · 15 Oct 2026 · 3 Min APPG urges Labour to publish view on pharmacists' flexibilities to stop shortages

Regulations · 14 Oct 2026 · 2 Min GPhC shelves plans to set experience criteria for superintendents

Digital & technology · 14 Oct 2026 · 2 Min Prescription alerts on NHS app begin on mobiles or smartwatches

Employment · 14 Oct 2026 · 2 Min Tribunal orders insolvent DSP to award payment to 20 redundant employees

Policy · 14 Oct 2026 · 3 Min Royal College of Pharmacy accused of putting “hatred before treatment” after dropping Israeli company

Business environment · 13 Oct 2026 · 2 Min Rowlands posts £1.76m loss as items and OTC sales decline