This site is intended for Healthcare Professionals only

Latest

New Project(6).jpg

Managing inappropriate polypharmacy

This module provides an overview of appropriate and inappropriate polypharmacy and its management with reference to national guidance, and also examines the role of deprescribing.

21 Sep 2026

janet-morrison-1280

CPE warns Labour not to push more work on pharmacies without ‘proper support’

Community Pharmacy England chief Janet Morrison warned Labour it risks undermining pharmacy services ahead of its party conference this weekend.

21 Sep 2026

coroners-court-1280

GP practice says ‘comprehensive’ medicines and prescribing policy in place after patient’s death

An inquest heard Alison Rose Thomas obtained a month’s supply of codeine “on the strength of an unverified assertion" she was to travel to France.

21 Sep 2026

propranolol-1280

RCPharm urges MHRA to review safety information for propranolol

The Royal College of Pharmacy is concerned people at risk of overdose, self-harm and suicide continue to be prescribed the medicine.

17 Sep 2026

struck-off-1280

Pharmacist who conducted unjustified physical examination and asked sexual questions struck off

A GPhC fitness to practise committee said Ali Hassan “exploited the imbalance of power between a pharmacist and a patient”.

17 Sep 2026

istock-1623196376-1

Closing the dementia awareness gap

Mark Greener reviews a new report that highlights the need to raise awareness of modifiable risk factors to protect brain health

17 Sep 2026

sexual-2026-1280

Hounslow Council raises awareness of sexual health services in pharmacies

The campaign has two films which Hounslow Council said “challenges perceptions of what pharmacies offer".

15 Sep 2026

wales-1280

Pharmacies in Wales under increasing cost pressures, reveals survey

Two-thirds of contractors who responded to Community Pharmacy Wales' survey said their finances had worsened in the last year.

15 Sep 2026

fake-online-pharmacy-1280

GPhC: Labour must oversee 'system-wide approach' to battle fake online pharmacies

The General Pharmaceutical Council said it can only “directly oversee legitimate providers”.

14 Sep 2026

gp-chat-1280

Pharmacy First expansion will see pharmacists operate “beyond their training”, warns doctors body

The Doctors’ Association UK said GPs can deal with the “hidden complexities of patients presenting" with minor illness.

14 Sep 2026

istock-1445124530-1

What's the evidence behind the 10,000 daily step target?

Much has been made of the importance of doing 10,000 steps a day, but a new analysis has revealed just how many daily steps are actually needed to provide clinically meaningful improvements in health outcomes. Rod Tucker steps up to the data…

11 Sep 2026

antidepressant-2022-1280

Antidepressant prescriptions on the increase in England, reveals latest NHSBSA figures

The NHS Business Services Authority revealed 24.2 million antidepressant items were prescribed in Q.1 of 2026-27.

10 Sep 2026

pharmacist-prescribing-1280

Health leaders want national IP framework with ‘explicit’ patient perspective

Experts at a summer roundtable in London called for national standards to ensure safe, consistent delivery of pharmacist independent prescribing.

10 Sep 2026

olivier-picard-1280

NPA chair urges health secretary to convene medicines supply chain taskforce

National Pharmacy Association chair Olivier Picard urged Yvette Cooper to address supply “fragility” after another serious shortage protocol was announced.

09 Sep 2026

henry-gregg-2025-1280

NHS is underutilising pharmacists’ skills in tackling polypharmacy, warns NPA chief

National Pharmacy Association chief executive Henry Gregg was responding to a Times investigation revealing “an over-prescribing epidemic”.

08 Sep 2026

substance-use-disorders-1280

FIP: Pharmacists can help prevent substance use disorders

The International Pharmaceutical Federation said pharmacists can help tackle non-medicinal use of psychoactive substances.

08 Sep 2026

Change privacy settings