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Botox nurse gets £8k fine after ‘bypassing’ pharmacist checks

Aesthetics nurse prescriber committed 'fraud pure and simple' says judge

10 Jul 2025

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Digital pharmacy fends off administration after sacking its founder

Phlo wins battle to stay in business as former CEO accused of loan collusion

25 Jun 2025

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Coroner seeks answers from RCGP over suicide of patient with mental illness

The coroner in Cheshire said “not all GPs book follow-up appointments for patients presenting with mental health difficulties".

27 May 2025

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Coroner seeks answers from Greater Manchester ICB and medical centre over patient's death

An inquest into the death of Louise Danielle Rosendale heard there were "very limited attempts to review long-term prescribing of opiates to her".

21 May 2025

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RPS to offer membership only professional liability insurance

RPS members covered wherever they work and whether or not they are prescribers. New members to be offered the policy as part of membership package but can choose to opt out.

13 May 2025

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‘Unofficial pharmacist’ Dr T jailed for Class A drugs business

Drug dealer ran vast WhatsApp-based empire he branded 'UK Pharmacy2U'

25 Apr 2025

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Diazepam black market pair struck off in back-to-back hearings

Pair convicted last year of illegal medicines supply are struck off the register

13 Mar 2025

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Assisted dying bill leaves pharmacists legally exposed, MPs warned

Leadbeater's bill does not give pharmacists iron-clad protection, a barrister warns

12 Feb 2025

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Coroner presses Government for drug-related death solutions after overdose case

The Government and NHSE have until February 27 to say how they will to prevent drug-related deaths after an inquest found a man who overdosed was not given naloxone.

20 Jan 2025

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Salon owner fined over £3k for unlawful possession of weight loss drugs

Shaunagh McElroy pleaded guilty to 18 charges of unlawfully possessing prescription drugs.

15 Jan 2025

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CMA accepts £23m commitment from Vifor to settle IV iron case

Vifor Pharma has offered to make a £23m payment to the NHS to address concerns over potentially misleading claims about a competitor’s IV iron treatment.

10 Dec 2024

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Judge orders ‘incompetent’ GPhC to reopen export fraud allegations

Regulator to pay pharmacist’s legal costs as it is told to revisit allegations against him.

27 Nov 2024

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Seven arrested as police investigate £350k drug thefts from pharmacies

Five men and two women in custody. Lancashire Police said some of those in custody are pharmacy employees.

26 Nov 2024

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Assisted dying: A few thoughts

What comes next if the Leadbeater bill passes?

25 Nov 2024

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‘Blatant abuse of position’: Diazepam theft pharmacist gets community service

Young pharmacist pleads guilty to unlawful possession and theft of controlled drugs.

20 Nov 2024

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Pharmacists refusing involvement in assisted dying must refer to ‘appropriate practitioner’, says Labour MP

Sadik Al-Hassan said assisted dying “needs to go down the same route” as contraception whereby pharmacists must refer “if appropriate.”

20 Nov 2024

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