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RPS publishes interim Regulations to enable royal college elections in early 2026

RPS asks for members' views on interim Regulations to enable elections to new royal college in early 2026.

21 Oct 2025

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Pharmacist warned after pharmacy supplied medicines overseas without meeting legal duty

Folake Oluwatoyin Adeniran failed to ensure Dock Pharmacy in Tilbury, Essex, had a wholesale distribution licence.

21 Oct 2025

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Online pharmacies welcome watchdog decision on pet medicine pricing transparency

CMA finds pet owners sometimes charged double compared to online prices

16 Oct 2025

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GPhC warns online superintendent over questionnaire-based Ozempic dispensing

Questionnaire-based prescribing model created risk, says GPhC

14 Oct 2025

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Concern over future funding for prescribing service

New money for pharmacist prescribing and pleas to stop sector infighting were recurring themes at this year’s Pharmacy Show.

14 Oct 2025

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NHS not consulted pharmacy workforce in negotiations

'We're still waiting' says PDA, one year after NHS England offers to consult on negotiations.

13 Oct 2025

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Superintendent to go before GPhC for 'repeated weight loss advertising breaches'

Regulator sets out plan for tackling advertising breaches at Pharmacy Show 2025

12 Oct 2025

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Swindon pharmacist’s dental training ‘helped save methadone patient’s life’

A locum pharmacist in his final year of dental school on how his dual training saved a patient's life

10 Oct 2025

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BMA leaders urge GPs to 'overwhelm' A&E to ‘sabotage’ Pharmacy First

'Militant' BMA officials urge GPs to ignore Pharmacy First and refer to emergency departments instead

10 Oct 2025

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Pharmacies hosting foundation year trainees get an extra £800

Funding for training sites rises to £27,295 as NHSE assumes responsibility for foundation year

08 Oct 2025

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Inverness still best-paid city for locums as rates in England plummet

Average hourly rates tumble everywhere except Northern Ireland.

07 Oct 2025

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NPA: Community pharmacy could ’save the NHS billions’

The sector could save the NHS billions of pounds and improve patients’ lives through smarter medicines use, a new economic analysis has revealed.

06 Oct 2025

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Pharmacist Support launches 'Walk for Wellbeing' campaign

Charity seeks to tackle loneliness among pharmacists through new campaign

03 Oct 2025

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‘Poor judgment’: Warning for pharmacist who refused morning after pill supply

'More likely than not' that supermarket shoppers were nearby during alleged 'heated discussion'

30 Sep 2025

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GPhC: Pharmacies not meeting patients' confidentiality expectations

Growth of clinical services means patient expectations are changing says Rudkin

29 Sep 2025

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NI pharmacies celebrate 1 million public health interventions

Northern Ireland pharmacies celebrate milestone

25 Sep 2025

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