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Category M reimbursement prices will increase by £15 million a month from August, the DHSC has said.

Pharmacy minister Seema Kennedy said she is “alert” to the difficulties facing community pharmacy contractors.

Prescription charges are causing over half of asthma patients in England to cut back on their medications, Asthma UK has warned

Legislation has been laid before Parliament and is expected to be enforced in early February, it has been announced

The NHS across the UK is expected to save around £930m on its medicine bill under a new scheme

Pharmacists and GPs are to be assigned to care homes in a measure Theresa May says will be "better for patients"

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 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

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

PSNC chief Simon Dukes acknowledged that many contractors would be “disappointed to hear that there is no more money available for pharmacies” and said accepting the offer had been a “difficult decision”

Negotiations between PSNC and the Government on the issue of whether pharmacists will receive funding for implementing the FMD will form part of the 2019-20 contract discussions, CEO Simon Dukes said

Severe obesity in 10 to 11 year olds has reached a record high, according to figures from the National Child Measurement Programme

A £15 million increase in Category M reimbursement prices from August 2018 is "very positive" news, PSNC has said

Contractors face enormous and unreasonable pressure due to supply and pricing issues, PSNC says, as the latest price concessions are announced

The DHSC is consulting on proposals to give more people the right to have personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets