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Pharmacy to play a key role in NHS reform ambitions, Starmer tells Sigma conference

Starmer references pharmacy's role in the coming 10-year NHS plan

15 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Legal

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 , 1 Min Article

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Financial Management & Funding

Debated: Should 'leaky' CPE committee reveal how members voted on funding?

Day 2 of the 2025 Sigma conference saw lively debate on matters of transparency

13 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Leadership

Royal college must attract non-RPS members to succeed, say chiefs

The ‘yes’ vote is only the start of the royal college conversation, say chief pharmaceutical officers.

13 May 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Clinical services

You're not doing enough on blood pressure, CPE warns pharmacies

Rate of ABPM conversions 'frankly too low' says CPE services director.

12 May 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Services

Scottish Government to expand Pharmacy First with new conditions

'Groundwork being laid' to decide which services will be added

09 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Superintendent given formal warning over work with third-party prescribers

Superintendent pharmacist read the rap sheet over historic work with online prescribers

08 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Education & training

Wales PIPS prescribing skills programme extended until 2028

RPS and HEIW announce three-year extension of learning programme to support pharmacists deliver the Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Service.

06 May 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Prescribing

RPS to launch new prescribing development programme

The scheme provides support for pharmacists new to prescribing, returning to practice or looking to expand their scope.

28 Apr 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Digital & technology

Illegal websites posing as regulated pharmacies, warns coroner after overdose death

Coroner reports on benzodiazepine death of vulnerable 45-year-old man in Wales

28 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Regulations

GPhC abandons plans to anonymise fitness to practise cases

Redacting information uses up too much resource and may not be effective, says regulator

24 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Charity

Pharmacist Support marks 184 years with donations appeal

Pharmacist Support is marking its 184th birthday with a donations appeal to help meet growing demand for its wellbeing services.

15 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Prescribing

Strep A death: Practice pharmacist 'not given feedback' on using records system

Coroner concerned that surgery did not have clear triage and referral pathways

11 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Regulations

GPhC issues warning on sales of ‘fat-dissolving’ Lemon Bottle injections

Regulator receives concerns around pharmacies selling unregulated weight loss injections.

10 Apr 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Regulations

Minister warned of pharmacy regulator’s ‘poor performance’ by watchdog

Health minister told of 'considerable concern' regarding regulator's performance

08 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Clinical services

Labour’s prescribing service promise ‘not discussed at all’ in contract talks

Labour's prescribing plans still murky despite recent contract announcement

03 Apr 2025 , 1 Min Article

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