Health & NHS news

Women's health · 24 Jun 2025 · 1 Min Home-testing kits to be offered under cervical screening programme

Services · 23 Jun 2025 · 1 Min Pharmacy First take up ‘not what we would like’ says minister

Financial Management & Funding · 17 Jun 2025 · 2 Min CPE joins other primary care bodies in push for DHSC funding

Financial Management & Funding · 12 Jun 2025 · 1 Min Spending review boost should focus minds on multi-year pharmacy settlement

Services · 29 May 2025 · 1 Min Over 5 million patients have used Pharmacy First since launch

Digital & technology · 23 May 2025 · 1 Min Patients to track repeat prescriptions ‘Amazon-style’ with NHS app update

Public health · 20 May 2025 · 2 Min Poll shows pharmacies the most accessible healthcare location

Public health · 19 May 2025 · 1 Min Chief pharmaceutical officer plays down prospect of pharmacies providing weight loss jabs

CCA · 19 May 2025 · 2 Min There will be shortfall of 16,000 FTE pharmacists by 2036-37, CCA warns Labour

Contract · 06 May 2025 · 2 Min Welsh Government announces STTT and UTI services available from pharmacies

Immunizations · 06 May 2025 · 1 Min UKHSA announces changes to the childhood vaccination schedule

Policy · 28 Apr 2025 · 1 Min There will be no prescription charge hike this year, Labour confirms

Medicines · 07 Apr 2025 · 1 Min UKHSA launches campaign in pharmacies to break misconceptions about antibiotics

Employment · 02 Apr 2025 · 1 Min NHSE gives PCNs more ARRS money to recruit pharmacists in 2025-26

Policy · 27 Mar 2025 · 1 Min Awareness of perinatal mental support is lacking, warns inquest into mother’s death

Public health · 26 Mar 2025 · 1 Min Over three million patients received PPC exemptions in 2023-24

Public health · 25 Mar 2025 · 1 Min Pharmacies a key part of neighbourhood health services says think tank

Policy · 17 Mar 2025 · 1 Min Numark chair: Labour must reinvest money from NHSE’s abolition in pharmacy