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No rise in nitrofurantoin resistance since Pharmacy First UTI launch

UKHSA publishes surveillance data on antimicrobial resistance

13 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

Policy,

Starmer: We are working at speed to update pharmacy owner regulations

Prime minister tackles question about Jhoots in parliament

13 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

Digital & technology,

NHS app excludes Pharmacy First, so let’s build our own ‘digital front door’

Pharmacist Baba Akomolafe criticised the government for excluding Pharmacy First from the NHS app.

12 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

'I don't have a life': 7 in 10 say pharmacy pressures affect mental health

CPE survey reveals work-related stress is almost universal in pharmacy

12 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

Legal,

Pharmacy technician off struck for taking part in £600k cocaine smuggling

Smuggling pair caught with cocaine in luggage when travelling back from Jamaica

11 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

Contract,

CPE chief: We’ve had abuse and been threatened legally but we do ‘an amazing job’

Community Pharmacy England chief executive Janet Morrison defended the negotiator at Sigma Pharmaceuticals' conference.

11 Nov 2025 , 5 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding,

Chain agrees to take over 60 Jhoots pharmacies as 22 related businesses enter administration

Allied Pharmacies said on Friday it has taken over the running of 60 Jhoots pharmacies.

10 Nov 2025 , 2 Min Article

RPS calls for pharmacy workforce support

The RPS invited pharmacists to share evidence to help inform its response to the Government’s call for evideence.

10 Nov 2025 , 2 Min Article

Public health,

CPE committee member calls for national pharmacy deprescribing service

Sukhi Basra said pharmacists were already deprescribing “informally” and should be funded for it.

07 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

Medicines,

Pharmacy bodies give evidence to Lords inquiry on medicines security

The Healthcare Distribution Association's Martin Sawer said “incentives” were weakening the supply chain's resilience.

06 Nov 2025 , 4 Min Article

Pharmacy First switched up in Scotland as payment threshold brought in

Pharmacy First Scotland updated in preparation for new IP cohorts

05 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

People,

Pharmacy technician struck off after exchanging romantic letters with prison patient

Sheree Danielle Ward said she recognised “the severity” of her “transgression” and asked to be removed from the register.

05 Nov 2025 , 2 Min Article

Business environment,

RPS launches 2026 Workforce Wellbeing Survey

The 2026 Workforce Wellbeing Survey focuses on pharmacy students, foundation trainees and early career pharmacists.

04 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

LMCs to vote on ‘reallocating’ Pharmacy First money to general practice

General practice 'undermined' by pharmacy services, LMC conference to hear

30 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article

Pharmacy EHC rollout ‘biggest change since 1960s’ says Streeting

Addition of morning after pill to the pharmacy contraception service a 'game-changer'

29 Oct 2025 , 1 Min Article